Nottingham attack: Barnaby Webber's brother says spot where he was killed is the 'worst place on earth'

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The families of the Nottingham attack victims have declared they are now "family" after two years of fighting for justice.Speaking to GB News presenter Martin Daubney in Nottingham, the families marked the two-year anniversary of the triple murder carried out by Valdo Calocane.FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00Yeah, thanks for joining us for the second anniversary today of that tragic triple killing,

00:04the murder by Valo Calacane in Nottingham. I'm with the families, the survivors of that tragedy

00:10today. Dr Sanj Kumar, father of Grace. This is Jamie Coates, the son of Ian Coates, who actually

00:19was killed on this precise spot two years ago. Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby. David,

00:26father of Barnaby and Charlie on the end there, brother of Barnaby. Let's start with you if I could,

00:34Jamie. We're here at a precise spot where your father fell two years ago. What's your memories

00:41of that before moving forward is going to come out? Spot in particular, I have to come past here

00:49every single week. So it's nothing that I can really forget about. For me, I try and put a

00:56positive on it. I don't count it as the place he was murdered. I count it as the place where

01:01it was like had his last rest. Every time I drive past or walk by or even on the adjacent

01:08street, I always look up just expecting to see him or to see some flowers or just see anything

01:14other than just it being empty. I'm really honoured to have everybody that's made this

01:21journey here today to be here. I want to remember it as a positive thing and not a negative. I

01:30think everyone here, all the families together, doing this in remembrance is a good thing.

01:36Emma, you gave a speech at the site where your boyfriend, it was incredible. I don't know

01:43how he did it, but you did. You faced up to that moment. Talk us through your recollections

01:50of what you want to happen next. Well, as I said, you know, he and Grace had to endure

01:55the most awful horror, unforgivable and unfathomable minutes literally away from safety on such a

02:04busy road. And it's well documented, the failures. But we've come together, united by this awful

02:12tragedy. But, you know, these guys are family now and whatever it takes for however long

02:18it takes, we'll get justice because he's not serving the right sentence. In fact, he's

02:24not serving a sentence at all. But more importantly, all of the failures and all of those who just

02:29didn't do their jobs properly, you know, we just want the truth. And they just the right

02:33thing needs to be done. I know that Dr. Kumar is more adept at speaking on that than me.

02:40But just look at the people that have come here and look how far that walk was.

02:45It's taken us about 50 minutes. Yeah, it's a good hour to get here. And, you know, don't

02:51want to go into all of that. But that just goes to prove how awful that was and how much

02:58worse it probably could have been had he not eventually been stopped. But we will.

03:04I'm going to stop David Charlie. I was stood there as you knelt, you know, in silence at

03:14that spot. It was a heartbreaking moment to watch. It must have been insurmountably brief.

03:21I mean, it's it's I had to take myself away at one point because it's just to believe that's

03:29where my son and his beautiful friend Grace fell. It's just such a monster. And I'm just

03:37I'm so heartbroken that we're here. Emma said we're like family now. We are. But for all

03:45the wrong reasons. Charlie, I saw you put your flower down, you kissed your hand and you put

03:51that on the pavement. Mate, what a moment. Yeah. I mean, it's probably the worst place

03:58on earth for us. That road is really hard to go to. But yeah, I think for the wrong reasons,

04:04it's nice to come here, like Dad said, and lay down those flowers so we can remember everything

04:08that happened two years ago here today. And so I haven't been to this road before, so it's

04:12really nice to come here as well. And remember Ian as well as Grace and Barney.

04:16You've been a super brave lad. I've come over to you now because you came to see us at

04:21GMI News in the studio of Westminster. You brought those three reports. You've been to

04:24see West Street and now moving forward. It's about resolution. It's about justice.

04:28It's making sure this never happens again. Well, first of all, you know, these two years

04:33have actually they've flown for me. To me, it still feels like yesterday. And the reason

04:38it has is because we've not had as families a moment's peace. We have fought from minute

04:43one. From minute one of the police telling us there's nothing they could have done when

04:47this man, this monster, was wanted on a warrant. And they said that nothing could have been

04:52done. From that moment on, we have fought. We have fought to get information that we're

04:56entitled to. There's three reports that I brought to you in the studio. None of those

05:00three reports actually still tell us how many health workers, how many doctors were actually

05:05involved. They haven't even labelled them. So my meeting with West Streeting on the 9th,

05:10on Monday this week, need to be held accountable. If you don't get accountability, you will

05:17not stop tragedies like this. And I said to West Streeting, it is in your power to bring

05:22mental health-related homicide to an end. He has the power. Why? Because if you hold people

05:28responsible, this will not happen. This happened because this man was sectioned four times.

05:34They didn't change his treatment. They put a man who was risky out in the community. And

05:39they did it four times over. So we need accountability. Without that, we will not move forward. And

05:45mental health-related homicide will not stop in our country. And we need it stopped.

05:49Emma, I'm going to come to you. Because the resolve I see in your face every time I see you,

05:55I mean, I don't know how you do it, but I don't think you're ever going to stop till you get

06:00justice on this, are you? No. Tell the truth. You know, we've got the inquiry. But that

06:07doesn't negate the fact that these individuals in the health trusts, in the police forces,

06:14some sadly in the council and anywhere else, that they shouldn't be held to account now.

06:21Because if you don't do your job properly, then you have to pay the consequences, whatever

06:24that is. And be sure that we will right this wrong, whatever it takes.

06:30OK, guys, I'm going to sign off a little. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you today.

06:33It's been a genuine privilege. It really has. I grew up on the street over there, behind

06:37here. You know, this killing happened. I walk home from school on these streets. It's

06:41just heartbreaking for the city, for these individuals. But thanks for allowing us into your

06:46space today. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Martin. Signing off. Thanks.

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