Nottingham stabbings: prosecutors accept killer’s plea of manslaughter

CPS accepts Valdo Calocane’s plea of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility due to mental illness over June 2023 attacks

Prosecutors have accepted the pleas of the Nottingham stabbings killer who admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to mental illness.

Valdo Calocane, who goes by the name Adam Mendes, admitted killing three people and trying to kill three others in the spate of violence in the early hours of 13 June last year.