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Attack mum's trauma of fighting early release plan
Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley Kumar were killed in June 2023
The mother of a man stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks has cautiously welcomed a change to the early prisoner release scheme which should mean her son's killer will not now qualify.
The plan to ease prison congestion had initially included those convicted of manslaughter but, following a high profile outcry, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said this category of offender had been ruled out.
Barnaby Webber was one of three people killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane in 2023. He was subsequently convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Emma Webber said while the change was "the right thing", the families had faced "trauma" to get this point.
Valdo Calocane was convicted of manslaughter and detained at a high-security hospital
The government has been looking for ways to ease pressure in a prison system that is more than 97% full in England and Wales.
Opposition to the early release scheme centred on the family and former colleagues of PC Andrew Harper - who was dragged to his death in 2019 - and the potential release of two of the three people responsible.
But on Saturday more than 30 affected families, including the Webbers, signed a letter to Justice Secretary Alex Norris, which said they felt victims were "being asked to bear the consequences of the prison capacity crisis".
Calocane's manslaughter conviction was controversial for the families who had wanted him tried for murder.