Nottingham killer was discharged as NHS staff 'could not find him'

Killer discharged as NHS staff 'could not find him'29 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNottinghamshire PoliceValdo Calocane was a "difficult person to engage with", Emma Robinson said A man with paranoid schizophrenia was discharged from mental health services months before he killed three people because healthcare workers could not find him, a public inquiry has been told.Valdo Calocane was under the care of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for two years, during which time he was sectioned four times and warned he would end up killing someone.Speaking about the discharge decision, made in September 2022 after Calocane did not turn up for appointments or make contact, NHS trust team leader Emma Robinson said: "We couldn't work with him, we couldn't find him at this point."Months later, Calocane went on to kill three people in Nottingham on 13 June 2023.The Nottingham Inquiry - which is examining the events of the killings of Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates and the aftermath - heard Calocane was discharged by the trust's Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service because he failed to turn up for appointments or make contact with the team.Robinson, who was a team leader with EIP from 2019 to 2022, told the inquiry on Tuesday that Calocane's care co-ordinator Gary Carter had attended his address, made calls to him and sent a letter, which went unanswered.Tim Moloney KC, who represents the bereaved families, asked: "When you discharged, did you think about the risk to the public from this man, who EIP would not visit alone, would not visit at home unless absolutely necessary?"Did you consider the risks to the public from that man?"Robinson said: "We did consider that, but we felt that within the time of decision we had no holding powers, we couldn't work with him, we couldn't find him at this point. We just couldn't find him to wor...