Nottingham rampage victim's bedroom 'is how he left it' as family make shrine

09 April 2024 , 18:22

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Barnaby Webber's family have turned his bedroom into a shrine (Image: BBC)

The bedroom of Nottingham rampage victim Barnaby Webber has been left untouched in tribute to him, a BBC film has revealed.

Barnaby, 19, was stabbed to death alongside fellow University of Nottingham student Grace O’Malley-Kumar, also 19, last June. Paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane fatally knifed a third victim, school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, before mowing down three pedestrians.

A BBC film revealed how Barnaby’s bedroom at the family home in Taunton, Somerset, is filled with his prized possessions including a cricket bat and sports shirts. His younger brother Charlie was close to tears as he went into it.

Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were all killed in the Nottingham attack (PA)

He told the BBC crew: “It’s quite weird coming in here because no-one really comes in here. It’s quite tough to be in here sometimes because, obviously, I spent a lot of time in here with him. Literally everything here is how he left it. No one has touched anything.”

The documentary also revealed how Grace would leave loving messages to her parents in their home in Woodford, North-East London. Dr Sanjoy Kumar sobbed as his wife Sinead O’Malley read one out.

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The bedroom has not been left the same (BBC)

Sinead said: “She used to write little notes and leave them in my handbag or my pillow or in our bedside tables. She was a very affectionate child.”

Calocane was handed an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The Big Cases: The Nottingham Attacks is available on BBC iPlayer.

Martin Fricker