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It has been revealed that a special constable was fired for watching footage from body-worn cameras capturing the final moments of two victims in the Nottingham attacks.
According to The Independent, the man has been permanently disqualified from working in law enforcement due to his involvement in viewing a video of students Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber after they were attacked with a knife.
In the tragic incident that occurred last June in the city center, 65-year-old Ian Coates, who worked as a caretaker at a school, was fatally stabbed. Additionally, three individuals were struck by a vehicle driven by Valdo Calocane, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Any further information or comments on this matter will be communicated in English.
The constable, who was present during the paramedics’ treatment of two 19-year-old friends who were assaulted while on a night out, was reportedly fired in an expedited private hearing for misconduct.
Grieving family members have slammed the “morbid voyeurism” after the details of the breach emerged – which is the latest in a string of misconduct scandals over the forces handling of the attacks.
According to sources, nearly 180 members of the police accessed information related to the case. However, 11 of them did not have a valid reason for doing so, including one officer who shared explicit details of the victim’s injuries in a police Whatsapp group.
Eight staff members received non-disciplinary interventions for their performance, while three were subject to formal disciplinary action.
James Coates is the son of Ian Coates, Emma Webber is the mother of Barnaby Webber, and Dr Sanjoy Kumar is the father of Grace O’Malley-Kumar.
Sanjoy Kumar, the father of Grace, expressed shock and disapproval over the recent occurrence.
“I am appalled. This behavior is simply invasive and exploitative. As parents, it breaks our hearts,” he stated in an interview with Sky News.
The updates from Nottinghamshire Police have been inconsistent, there is always something new. Why were we not informed about the misconduct hearing? We would have attended it.
The BBC was informed by Nottinghamshire Police’s Kate Meynell on Thursday that the conduct of the special constable was deemed “completely unacceptable”. She also stated that a third officer is under investigation for accessing police systems related to the perpetrator. The specifics of this occurrence have not yet been disclosed.
Ms. Meynell stated that the force had reported itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for its management of the disciplinary proceedings.
“I won’t pretend to experience the same horror as the families,” stated Ms. Meynell.
“As the chief constable, I am deeply disturbed by the actions of some of my staff. This is why we have taken swift action in addressing the issue.”
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After Valdo Calocane was convicted, Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, stood outside Nottingham Crown Court.
Last month, during a disciplinary hearing, PC Matthew Gell was found to have shared a Whatsapp message about the victim’s injuries with his wife and friend. This occurred before the incident took place.
PC Gell had misused police databases to view Calocane’s custody records, despite not being involved in the investigation at all.
This resulted in a violation of data protection and prompted an investigation by the Professional Standards Directorate of Nottinghamshire Police.
He received a final written warning, but the officer who originally shared the message with colleagues was given “management intervention.”
Emma Webber, whose son Barnaby was the initial victim of Calocane’s attack, referred to the actions of PC Gell as “unforgivable”.
She expressed her disgust at the way the investigation was being conducted.
It is impossible to overstate the pain that this tragedy has caused for all of our families. To discover that there was unnecessary voyeurism of the brutal knife attacks on our loved ones within our own organization is unforgivable.
This week, it was declared that Calocane’s punishment will be appealed to the Court of Appeal due to being deemed “excessively lenient”.
Relatives expressed disappointment with the court’s decision to impose an indefinite hospital order instead of a prison sentence for the killer, stating that it undermined the justice system. The killer had pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, a plea that was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service in the previous month.
Valdo Calocane, from Nottinghamshire Police, reported this information.
According to Superintendent Andrew Reynolds, who leads the Professional Standards Directorate at Nottinghamshire Police, we have identified 22 individuals who have accessed content related to the Nottingham attacks case, also referred to as Operation Hendrix. We have raised concerns about these individuals.
After conducting an extensive inquiry, we have identified 11 employees who accessed material without a valid justification in this particular case.
“Out of the staff members involved, eight received performance interventions aimed at learning rather than discipline. Three staff members underwent formal disciplinary procedures, resulting in one termination, one final written warning, and one pending misconduct hearing.”
We have treated these issues with utmost seriousness. Those who view material without a valid law enforcement reason will face severe consequences, such as being fired from the organization.
Source: independent.co.uk
