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Scottish Sun
9 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Notts knife attack victim's mum slams ‘shameful' BBC for failing to apologise for chat with killer's family
Panorama's The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers aired last August BEEB 'SNUB' Notts knife attack victim's mum slams 'shameful' BBC for failing to apologise for chat with killer's family Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NOTTINGHAM knife victim's mum says it is 'shameful' BBC's Panorama has still not apologised ten months after airing interviews with the killer's family. Emma Webber told of her 'unimaginable horror' at being given two weeks' notice of the show. 5 Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, has still not relieved an apology from the BBC Credit: The Times 5 Barney Webber was murdered by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in June 2023 Credit: PA The families were not offered the chance to contribute and said editors' responses to complaints were 'dismissive'. The BBC's complaints unit later said it would get a response within 35 days. But six months on, the families have had nothing — so have gone to boss Tim Davie. Emma said: 'It's exhausting, draining and shameful we have to escalate our concerns to the very top to get a response.' The families complained that Panorama's The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers contained 'serious inaccuracies and omissions'. They also said the report — about Calocane's NHS mental health treatment — was sympathetic to the killer's family, who were featured. The BBC yesterday apologised for the delay. Calocane killed Emma's student son Barnaby, his pal Grace O'Malley- Kumar plus school caretaker Ian Coates in 2023. The schizophrenic got a hospital order for manslaughter by diminished responsibility. The 11 deadly blunders that left Valdo Calocane free to kill as Nottingham victims' parents say cops have blood on hands 5 Calocane's family were interviewed for Panorama's The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers Credit: PA 5 Grace O'Malley- Kumar was killed by Calocane while out with Webber Credit: PA
The Irish Sun
9 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Notts knife attack victim's mum slams ‘shameful' BBC for failing to apologise for chat with killer's family
A NOTTINGHAM knife victim's mum says it is 'shameful' BBC's Panorama has still not apologised ten months after airing interviews with the killer's family. 5 Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, has still not relieved an apology from the BBC Credit: The Times 5 Barney Webber was murdered by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in June 2023 Credit: PA The BBC's complaints unit later said it would get a response within 35 days. But six months on, the families have had nothing — so have gone to boss Tim Davie. Emma said: 'It's exhausting, draining and shameful we have to escalate our concerns to the very top to get a response.' read more on bbc The families complained that Panorama's The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers contained 'serious inaccuracies and omissions'. They also said the report — about The BBC yesterday apologised for the delay. Calocane killed Emma's student son Most read in The Sun The schizophrenic got The 11 deadly blunders that left Valdo Calocane free to kill as Nottingham victims' parents say cops have blood on hands 5 Calocane's family were interviewed for Panorama's The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers Credit: PA 5 Grace O'Malley- Kumar was killed by Calocane while out with Webber Credit: PA 5 Caretaker Ian Coates was killed by Calocane during his horrific rampage Credit: PA
