Mum of Nottingham attacks victim runs half marathon in her memory

The 19-year-old medicine student had been an avid sportswoman, representing England in Hockey and playing cricket at county level.

Her mum said: “Obviously I’m very sad Grace died here but we’re going to be inextricably linked to Nottingham, not only through Grace and the university but through the Coates family and through all of her friends and the hockey people are here.”

The Grace O’Malley-Kumar Foundation was set up with a focus on supporting young people in their academic and sporting endeavours.

While the families of Calocane’s victims had continued to deal with a series of reviews related to the case, Mrs O’Malley-Kumar said they were “trying to focus on the positives they could bring”.

The family were also supported by James Coates, one of Ian Coates’s sons, who said the families of all the victims had “grown quite close” through various meetings and inquiries.