The mother of a student stabbed to death during a violent rampage by Valdo Calocane said the systemic failings in the case have parallels to the murder of Henry Nowak17:12, 05 Jun 2026Updated 17:12, 05 Jun 2026The mother of a Nottingham stabbing victim said the "systemic failings" in the atrocity had parallels with how the murder of Henry Nowak was handled.‌Student Barnaby Webber, 19, was brutally killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane in the early hours of June 13 2023. He died alongside his University of Nottingham friend Grace O'Malley-Kumar, also 19, while they were walking home from a night out.‌Evil Calocane murdered the teenagers, before stabbing to death caretaker Ian Coates, 65, and using his van to run down three pedestrians, who all survived. Speaking after the inquiry into the attacks heard from its final witness on Friday, Emma Webber urged that people not use the tragedy to "incite any more hate and any more rioting".‌She said there were "absolutely" parallels between her son's death and 18-year-old Henry, who was handcuffed by police officers who ignored his pleas that he had been stabbed as he lay dying.His killer, Vickrum Digwa, told police at the scene in Southampton that he had been the victim of a racist attack. Asked about the parallels in the state failings between the two cases, Mrs Webber said: "That's one of many, if we start to delve into our agencies and systems in this country a little bit deeper, it's replicated in every city, in every part of the UK.‌"Talk about lines in the sand, we've had to make so much noise and I have so much respect for Henry's family, but they're saying the same as us - don't use our tragedy as an opportunity for politicising, for aggrandising yourself and your party or your beliefs."And for god's sake, don't use it to incite any more hate and any more rioting. That's not going to help us, that's going to dilute what we're trying to do."‌Speaking about the inquiry itself, which has now concluded after months of evidence and 164 witness testimonies, Ms Webber said: "It's been bruising, brutal, heart-wrenching, tragic, sickening. It's actually been nearly three years since it happened, and the failures keep coming."Dr Sanjoy Kumar, father of Ms O'Malley-Kumar, said: "The important thing is that this is not an end of any sort for us. "This is very much, I think, the beginning of accountability. Our fight has been about accountability and about the fact this should never happen to a family in England again.Article continues below"If you don't find people accountable, you will never change your system. Systems are made out of people, and it's really important to find the people who simply just didn't do their jobs accountable."When asked what is next for the families before the inquiry resumes in September for closing statements, Dr Kumar said there is still more evidence to come to light given there was no trial for the killings. He said: "I don't think we've seen enough of the investigation out in the public yet."Mr Coates' son Darren Coates, accompanied by his brother Lee, told reporters: "It's been a whirlwind coming here, we've been exposed to so much more than what we actually thought, it's been awful, but like Sanjoy said, this is the start. We're not going to stop, we're going to keep going, going and going."