Emma Webber's son Barnaby Webber, 19, was one of three people killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane in June 2023. Calocane also murdered Grace O'Malley-Kumar, 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, before driving into pedestrians. He is serving an indefinite hospital order.
Special Constable Ilsadin Skenderaj viewed 12 body-worn video recordings while at home and off duty, including footage of paramedics treating Barnaby and Grace and placing them in body bags. He was not working on the case and also watched footage from Calocane's arrest and inside an ambulance.
Claims over dismissal
Nottinghamshire Police's deputy chief constable Steve Cooper said Skenderaj had been sacked following a misconduct hearing for looking at the footage. The claim was repeated by then-Chief Constable Kate Meynell in a letter to the families of Barnaby and Grace.
But Skenderaj was not dismissed. He voluntarily stepped down that September, before the misconduct hearing took place in December. Officers also failed to seize his devices and he was allowed to decline a police interview.
'Failed us completely'
Ms Webber said: "Nottinghamshire Police failed us completely over Special Constable Ilsadin Skenderaj. He watched in detail 12 body-worn videos of my son and his friend being treated – the most private, harrowing moments of their final minutes. The chief constable looked us in the eye and said he had faced disciplinary action and been sacked."
"He [Skenderaj] resigned before any proper consequences could be imposed. They covered it up and kept us in the dark about how extensive the misconduct really was until the public inquiry dragged the truth out."
"It is utterly heartbreaking that such a profound betrayal of trust has been allowed to pass with zero real accountability."
Police response
Police staff often have access to evidence systems as part of their role, even if they are not assigned to an investigation. But they are expected to only access information for a legitimate policing purpose. Special constables are part-time, unpaid, volunteer officers.
The inquiry into the attacks heard Nottinghamshire Police was "reluctant" to investigate how many times staff inappropriately accessed images and footage from that day. Skenderaj, who appears to have run a property lettings firm alongside his special constable role, was later placed on the police barred list.
A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said: "The officer resigned ahead of a gross misconduct hearing, which found him guilty in his absence. He therefore would have been dismissed had he not resigned. He was also placed on the police barred list."
