At the Nottingham Inquiry, Celeste Calocane gives evidence about her concerns regarding her son, Valdo Calocane, before he kills three people. She tells the inquiry she did raise worries about his behaviour but says she did not report what she described as an incident at the family home because she feared she might be “overreacting.” The evidence presented focuses on how the family viewed and responded to troubling conduct prior to the killings.
The inquiry also hears that Calocane’s mother recognised there were issues with his behaviour and that she attempted to flag her concerns in some form. However, she explains that her decision not to escalate a particular “upsetting” incident at home was influenced by uncertainty about whether her reaction was justified. The submissions and testimony seek to understand what warnings, signals, or opportunities for intervention existed before the attacks and how these were handled by family members.
Calocane later kills three people, which the inquiry examines in the context of earlier behaviour and safeguarding responses.
