25 January 2024 , 12:15
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This is the moment triple killer Valdo Calocane’s rampage through Nottingham was brought to a halt by brave cops who Tasered him.
The paranoid schizophrenic was tackled as he sat in his third victim’s stolen van after mowing down innocent pedestrians. Police released the dramatic footage after Calocane, 32, was sentenced today for the horror attacks in June last year.
On June 13, the country awoke to horrific news from Nottingham, that a knifeman had gone on a rampage across the city. It emerged that Valdo Calocane had killed two university students, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as they walked home from a night out. He had then attacked and killed school caretaker Ian Coates.
Mr Coates had been weeks from retirement and the two students had been celebrating the end of the academic year. During his rampage, Calocane had also tried to break into a youth hostel, but was pushed from the window. Calocane had his pleas of not guilty to murder and guilty to manslaughter accepted and today (Thursday) was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order at a high security hospital, subject to special restrictions.
After killing the beloved school caretaker, he took his van and rammed three people, leaving them badly injured - but thankfully all survived. Police gave chase to Calocane after he drove into three people, and stopped at a nearby junction. Various officers followed the van, including PC Whysall who rushed to the van as it started moving.
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As a police vehicle pulled up one side, PC Whysall could be seen rushing to the driver's door. When he pulled open the driver’s door to be confronted by Calocane wielding a "large dagger". Then on his bodycam footage, he can be seen drawing his Taser as he shouts at Calocane to "stay where you are".
In court, the prosecution described the moments of the arrest. It said: "PC Whysall opened the passenger door and found the defendant in the driver’s seat holding a large dagger in his hand.
The moment Calocane was Tasered behind the wheel of a stolen van (Nottinghamshire Police)"The officer shouted for him to drop the dagger, but he didn't, so the Taser was activated. He was joined by PC Bower who also discharged his Taser, following which the defendant dropped the dagger into the footwell."
Cops arresting Calocane after his rampage (Nottinghamshire Police)After the incident, there was an outpouring of grief and support across the city of Nottingham, including vigils and services. James Coates, the son of victim Ian Coates, said his father was just five months away from retirement before he was killed.
Hero Grace O'Malley-Kumar tried to fight off Calocane (Facebook)He said: “He didn’t get the chance because a selfish monster decided to go on a spree killing. We shouldn’t be here, we should be at work but we can’t because he killed our father. You can’t imagine how hard it is to take the phone call that their dad has been murdered in a killing spree. To have a life taken so horrifically is something you will never come to terms with. The effect this has had on us cannot be put into words. The reason for our very existence, gone.”
Mr Coates had suffered 15 wounds, including defensive wounds to his hands, the court heard and a pathologist later concluded the wounds had been inflicted "at the severe end of the scale".
Beloved school caretaker Ian Coates was just five months from retirement (Miro Photography)
Barnaby Webber - his brother delivered the final victim impact statement in court this morning (Facebook)Mr Coates was discovered by members of the public shortly after 5.30am, found to be unresponsive and was pronounced dead shortly after paramedics and police arrived.