The IOPC previously prepared a report which concluded police failed to properly investigate the assaults.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has reopened its investigation into Valdo Calocane’s previous assaults following representations from the families of his victims. Calocane, who murdered Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber, and Grace O’Malley-Kumar in Nottingham, had previously assaulted two warehouse workers a month before the killings. The IOPC’s initial report concluded that police failed to properly investigate these assaults, which could have potentially prevented the murders. The case led to a misconduct meeting rather than a more serious hearing for three Leicestershire Police officers. The IOPC will now reinvestigate whether officers were aware of Calocane’s history and an outstanding arrest warrant before closing the case.
