In the trial you refer to, the defendant was charged with murder. IRL the jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility.
In the Nottingham case, the jury was never given the opportunity to bring in a guilty verdict for murder. They...
"You first pulled out a dagger from the bag you were carrying"
He had acquired a dagger. Put the dagger in a bag and took the bag, containing the dagger, with him when he left his home.
"An hour later, you were trying, unsuccessfully but with determined persistence, to gain access to a hostel...
Barnaby Webber's mother was on R4 earlier this week. She is devastated by the verdict.
She pointed out that Calocane had carried out meticulous planning prior to the attacks. He knew, ahead of his actions, that he was intending to kill. This was NOT a spur of the moment psychotic episode...