Mum of student killed in Nottingham attacks says failings hit her 'like steam train'

Mum of student killed in Nottingham attacks says failings hit her 'like steam train'Emma Webber, whose son Barnaby was stabbed to death by mental health patient Valdo Calocane, has opened up about how hearing details about the attack have impacted herNewsTom Pettifor Crime Editor14:24, 06 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesBarnaby, from Taunton, was studying at the University of Nottingham when he was killed(Image: PA)The mother of a student killed in the Nottingham knife attacks has said evidence of the failings in the case presented at a public inquiry has hit her "like a steam train".‌Emma Webber accused the authorities of "arrogance, evasion and deflection" when responding to how Valdo Calocane was able to kill her son Barnaby, his friend Grace O'Malley-Kumar and caretaker Ian Coates.‌The judge-led inquiry is currently examining a series of failings by the police and mental health services - which Calocane was known to. Now, Emma has spoken out about how the details uncovered in the course of the inquiry have impacted her and others.‌View 4 ImagesEmma Webber has fought to hold the authorities to account over her son's death(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC)READ MORE: Family fury as dead students were tested for drink and drugs - but their killer was notREAD MORE: Son of Nottingham attacks victim Ian Coates found out he died on InstagramEmma told the Daily Mail: "The trauma that we've already had has been multiplied immeasurably. I didn't know some of the details we now know, because I was trying to protect myself. All of us are so traumatised by all of this. The reality of it and the horror of it slapped me in the face, ran over me like a steam train."Calocane, 34, went on his rampage on June 13, 2023, stabbing 19-year-olds Barnaby and Grace, and Ian, 65. He then took Ian's van and drove it into three pedestrians. Calocane pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted murder, and was sentenced to be detained in a...