Woman Fell From Window Fleeing Triple Killer in Nottingham Home Invasion

Published: 27 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online

A woman told a public inquiry she suffered a serious spinal injury after falling from a first‑floor window while fleeing triple killer Valdo Calocane during a home invasion three years before his deadly 2023 Nottingham attacks, the hearing was told on Thursday. The account formed part of evidence examined by the inquiry into events leading up to the killings of students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley‑Kumar, and 65‑year‑old caretaker Ian Coates.

The woman, who lived in student accommodation in Nottingham at the time of the incident in May 2020, said she was alone at home when Calocane began forcefully kicking her front door. Believing she was under attack, she filled with fear and tried to call for help, then leaned out of a first‑floor window — approximately 10 to 12 feet above the ground — shouting for assistance. With no one present because of the Covid‑19 lockdown, she tried to jump to safety but slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing her spine and requiring surgery.

In her testimony, the woman described her fear and anxiety as she struggled to escape. She later saw Calocane brought into the courtyard by police officers, who he attempted to approach before they restrained him. She said in hospital she was told by an officer that she had acted bravely and that Calocane “could have killed her” if he had reached her.

The inquiry heard that Calocane was initially arrested at the scene but was not charged with an offence at that time. Officers took him to a mental health unit because he was assessed as mentally unwell and therefore unsuitable for prosecution. The woman said she was told that his mental health problems, later diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia, prevented formal charges being brought.

Police body‑worn camera footage from that earlier arrest cannot be located, the inquiry was told, and some officers acknowledged that the incident was “not given the attention it deserved.” Calocane was later released that same day and went on to carry out a fatal attack on 13 June 2023 in which three people were killed and three others injured; he pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and attempted murder and is now under an indefinite hospital order.

The Nottingham inquiry, chaired by retired judge Deborah Taylor, is hearing testimony from more than 100 witnesses over several weeks, focusing on earlier contacts between Calocane and the criminal justice system, mental health services and police, to understand why opportunities to intervene were missed before the later tragedy.

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