Nottingham attack victims ‘properly butchered’, officer posted in WhatsApp group

Emma Webber said the “callous, degrading and desensitised manner” of the comments has caused “more trauma than you can imagine”.

Undated family handout photo issued by Nottinghamshire Police of Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar. (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)

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The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has written an open letter to members of a police WhatsApp group in which a message was posted describing her son as being “properly butchered”.