Mental Health Inquiry: Missed Red Flags in Valdo Calocane Case

0:00On April 23rd, a Nottingham Inquiry just dropped a bombshell about Vowdo, Calakaine, the paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed three people to death on, June 13th, 2023. He killed 19-year-old students Barnaby Weber and Grace O'Malley Kumar, then grandfather Ian Coates, and attacked three others. Three years earlier in July 2020, his psychiatrist Dr. Faisal Siedad warned him straight up on the ward that he'd end up killing someone if he didn't get a grip. Calakaine had two hospital stays that year at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham. First in late May, after psychotic break-ins and neighbor's places discharged mid-June with a psychosis diagnosis, back less than a month later, where Siedad noted zero insight or remorse, painting that dire picture to shock him into reality. Siedad testified he never actually thought Calakaine would kill. He was just highlighting worst-case risks, like if someone jumped from a window during another

1:01episode, the doctor was his inpatient consultant, pushing for Frank Talks to underscore the illness dangers. New details emerged from Calakaine's mom, who shared early 2020 texts with his brother. One mentioned thoughts of Red Rum, which Siedad missed a slang for murder spelled backward, assuming religious vibes instead. He admits now he should have done deeper. His testimony ramps up scrutiny on misread flags and mental health care, as the inquiry presses on to unpack how Calakaine slid through the cracks.