Nottingham attack victims tested for drugs but killer was not, inquiry told

Father of Grace O’Malley-Kumar calls decision to take sample from his daughter after her death ‘disgusting’

The father of a university student killed while trying to protect her friend from Valdo Calocane in Nottingham told an inquiry it is “disgusting” the stabbing victims were tested for drugs and alcohol but their killer was not.

Sanjoy Kumar, Grace O’Malley-Kumar’s father, said he could not understand why the diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic had not been tested for drugs while in custody after the attacks.