Killer allowed to go free before Nottingham attack ‘because he was black’ - a correction

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Triple killer allowed to go free before Nottingham attack ‘because he was black’”, and reported that Valdo Calocane was released by a team of medical professionals who “considered…

An article of 24 February featured the headline: “Triple killer allowed to go free before Nottingham attack ‘because he was black’”, and reported that Valdo Calocane was released by a team of medical professionals who “considered the research evidence that shows over-representation of young black males in detention”. This was inaccurate and misleading. One of the medical professionals involved in this decision said, during the inquiry, that this “would not have affected” his decision to release Calocane, which would have been made due to Calocane’s needs, acuity of his symptoms, and the risks associated with not detaining him.

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