Triple-killer Valdo Calocane gets £30,000 in legal aid to help avoid jail over Nottingham knife rampage

TRIPLE-killer Valdo Calocane got £30,000 in legal aid to help avoid jail.

And the total is set to soar further after his cushy indefinite sentence in a secure hospital was upheld last week.

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The 32-year-old fatally stabbed Nottingham University students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, last June.

He was locked up in a high-security hospital in January after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Prosecutors dropped murder charges due to his mental state.

An appeal claiming the hospital sentence was too lenient was rejected by judges.

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Barnaby’s mum Emma said the rejection “proves how utterly flawed the criminal justice system is”.

Previously it was reported Calocane had received almost £12,000 in legal aid to help fight his case.

Now the Ministry of Justice has said his crown court legal aid bill has reached £28,248, made up of £13,274 for solicitors and £14,973 barristers.

The MoJ said: “Anyone facing a crown court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.”

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It said not all the legal claims “associated with recent proceedings” have been received.

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