Evil Nottingham-triple killer pocketed £12k in tax-payer cash to secure cushy ... trends now
Nottingham triple-killer Valdo Calocane pocketed thousands in taxpayer cash to fund lawyers that secured his cushy sentence.
The monster received the payout in legal aid to cover the two-day sentencing where he received a psychiatric hospital sentence after admitting manslaughter instead of murder.
Families of victims Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, have claimed they were 'rail-roaded' into accepting the lesser plea.
Figures released to MailOnline under Freedom of Information laws show Calocane was given £11,316.08 for legal fees during his sentencing in February.
He was handed legal aid worth £1,958.80 at a preliminary hearing last September.
Valdo Calocane fatally stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar at 4am on June 13 before killing school caretaker Ian Coates
Barnaby, from Taunton, was stabbed on Ilkeston Road in Nottingham at 4am on June 13
Grace, 19, was a talented sportswoman who had played hockey for England
Mr Coates was a grandfather and a much-loved caretaker at a local school
Calocane dodged the prospect of being plunged in a hellish Category-A jails like Belmarsh or Wakefield - dubbed Monster Mansion - after prosecutors dropped murder charges.
Instead he is detained at Ashworth hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, which has a far softer regime. Patients have access to art classes, a swimming pool and can play with Lego in their en-suite rooms.
Barnaby's mother Emma said it was 'abhorrent' that a murder charge against Calocane was not pursued.
Calocane was previously handed legal aid for a solicitor after being quizzed on suspicion of a sexual offence in March 2012.
Two further payments were made for legal help with mental health in September and October 2021, totalling £1,575.90 before his murderous spree.
This month the CPS watchdog announced it would recommend a law change to the government to close the
