Two of the three survivors of the Nottingham attacks of 13 June 2023 - Sharon Miller and Wayne Birkett - have given evidence to a public inquiry, being held in London, on Thursday
The trio, which also included Marcin Gawronski, were struck by a van being driven by Valdo Calocane after he had killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in the city
Wayne and his partner Tracey Hodgson said they were not told of Calocane's history with police - nor his violent past
Sharon later gave evidence and was told in a letter that NHS staff may have inappropriately accessed her medical records
Police officers have also given evidence, saying that giving the wrong cause of Ian's death to his partner was a "terrible error", adding they were "wholeheartedly sorry" for the delay in informing his family of his death
It has also emerged police were contacted to say King Charles III wanted to write to the victims' families
Following the attacks, Sharon Miller said she received a letter from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust about a potential data breach.
The letter said there had "potentially been inappropriate access to your records when you were brought into the emergency department".
Sharon said she was "disgusted".
"It was a failure," Martin added.
Sharon Miller told the inquiry she was "absolutely disgusted" to hear about previous dealings the police had with Calocane - something she and Martin found out through media reporting.
The inquiry heard Sharon and Martin only heard "old information" from police, which had already been reported.
"I could solve a case quicker than they could," Martin said.
The inquiry also heard the couple did not want to attend court as they did not want to see Calocane, but were never told they could hear proceedings remotely.
Sharon and Martin said they were allocated Det Con Raj Johal as their family liaison officer.
She described Johal as "very nice, very chatty".
On 15 June 2023 - two days after the attacks - Johal visited Sharon in hospital to tell her a statement was going to be made to the media the following day, sharing details of the attacks.
"I didn't expect it to happen to me, you know," Sharon added.
When she was later informed about Valdo Calocane's court appearance, she said she recalled telling police she "didn't want to know".
"I just didn't want to know anything about him," she said.
When asked why, Sharon said: "I think it's because I didn't see his face, so I didn't really want to know anything about him. Because he was on TV all of the time, that's how I saw his face."
"She was doing it to protect herself," Martin added.
Sharon Miller told the inquiry after she was struck by the van Calocane was driving, people came to assist her at the scene including a police officer.
She said she urged the officer to help fellow survivor Marcin Gawronski, as she said he looked like he was going "to pass out".
"I thought I was a goner, if you want the truth," she said.
The inquiry heard Sharon's partner Martin found out at 08:30 BST on 13 June 2023 when he turned his phone on, and had a "panicked" voice message from a woman.
He said he phoned the family to inform them what happened, but said "deep down, I knew she was fine".
Describing Sharon's injuries, her partner Martin (pictured below) said she had 12 fractured ribs, a broken toe and a damaged spleen, which she said "could have been serious".
Sharon added: "[I was] all black and blue down the side."
On the morning of 13 June 2023, Sharon Miller said she started her day as she normally would. She woke up at 04:30 BST, let her dog out, had a cup of tea and left for work.
After getting off a bus at King Street and walking to Upper Parliament Street, she saw a police car following a van as she was about to cross the road.
She said: "I looked over to make sure there's nothing coming, I see the police car behind the white van with flashing lights so I just assumed that the police were pulling him over.
"Next minute, sirens come on and the next minute I'm in the air.
"And then the ambulance came and the police."
She said she believed police "spooked" Valdo Calocane, and that before they turned on their sirens, he was "letting people cross the road".
Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller shared their stories for the first time with the BBC last year.
They each explained how they feel a strong sense of survivor's guilt.
As the inquiry has heard, Wayne can no longer remember his life before he was struck by the van Valdo Calocane was driving, while Sharon now uses a walking stick and has been unable to return to work after suffering serious trauma.
In her closing statement to the inquiry, Tracey told the hearing it should not have needed these proceedings for the police "to be honest", and said they were "learning of so many failures".
"All the organisations involved in this inquiry should have been open from the beginning," Tracey said.
She added they had "prolonged their suffering" when they should have been allowed to get on with grieving.
"You have tortured these families over and over again," she added.
Tracey told the inquiry she would have appreciated more support leading up to the court proceedings and the Nottingham Inquiry, the hearings of which began on 23 February.
She said: "I was really struggling because of Wayne's injury, and I felt there was so much importance on me to try and understand everything that was being sent to me, and the emails.
"It felt like it was just so hard to deal with everything, and just for someone to be there for us to go though everything altogether and explain every part of the inquiry, leading up to the court proceedings, would have just been so helpful."
She added until the inquiry, she thought it was only her who was struggling with the information from police, legal teams and other agencies.
It was during the other families' evidence that she realised they were "struggling as well with all this information".
Wayne Birkett said he did not believe his injuries were properly recognised in the way police described them.
"It was embarrassing," he said.
Tracey said at one point, police described Wayne's injuries to an ambulance crew as a "broken clavicle", adding the severity of the injuries was "overlooked".
In a statement - which was read by Tracey to the inquiry after Wayne became emotional - he thanked all those who helped him on 13 June 2023 for "saving my life".
He thanked all those who assisted with his rehabilitation, including the Headway Nottingham charity.
Wayne also thanked the inquiry team, as it was "so important for him" to get the answers and "finally learn the truth".
Image source, PA MediaTracey told the inquiry she "didn't really understand" the terminology used by agencies they were interacting with after the Nottingham attacks.
The inquiry heard the information provided in letters and emails was "overwhelming".
"I was trying to cope with too many things," she said.
Wayne and Tracey told the inquiry they found out police officers had looked at sensitive information about the attacks without a policing purpose - via social media and the press.
The day after a story ran in the media about data breaches, Wayne received an email from Kate Meynell, the then chief constable.
Tracey responded to Meynell to say: "Unfortunately this information was old news.
"Literally word for word, [it] had already been on social media and this shouldn't be the way we find out."
In that email, she added: "Also, do you or any of the force remember that there are three other victims of the 13 June 2023 attacks? Wayne, Sharon and Marcin all seem to be forgotten because they are survivors of this horrendous crime that was committed by VC."
Wayne added: "Just finding more information through social media, television, than from the police which, if it was important, should never happen."
The inquiry heard Tracey and Wayne first met former Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell in 2024.
At the meeting, the inquiry heard, Meynell spoke about data breaches within the force, but avoided talking about a police WhatsApp group in which "crude and distasteful" messages were shared.
Tracey recalled it was a "short meeting", but said she came out of it thinking they were going to get answers.
"But, yet again, nothing came of it," she said.
When asked whether she felt Meynell was focusing more on the data breach than on Calocane, she said "yes".
She told the inquiry she and Wayne wanted to know more about the killer as they did not have a "full picture".
Tracey added "we wanted to know why" Calocane carried out the attacks, and said she was not told there had been previous assaults.
Image source, The Nottingham InquiryWayne said hearing what happened at Nottingham Crown Court was "horrifying".
"I thought it was horrifying listening to what happened because I wasn't expecting it at all," he said.
Tracey said Valdo Calocane, who was sentenced to a hospital order in January 2024, did not receive the "right sentence".
Calocane is being referred to as VC throughout the inquiry.
Wayne added: "I had to exit the court a lot because I had a bad cough and I didn't feel very well.
"And I had to literally walk past VC, probably within two metres of him every time I had to leave the court.
"How do you do that - staring at the man who did all this?"
Counsel to the inquiry, Rachel Langdale KC, said: "Were you prepared for that?"
"Not at all," Wayne said.
Tracey has recalled to the inquiry her first meeting with a Nottinghamshire Police officer after the attack.
She said initially she felt "relieved" that someone had come to see her, and thought the officer would be "someone we should trust and she is going to tell us everything we need to know".
The inquiry heard Tracey initially thought the officer was "pleasant", but later realised she was "sitting on information", as she was not told of Calocane's previous contact with police, adding she was "disappointed" by this.
At a meeting on 18 January 2024, before Calocane was sentenced, Wayne and Tracey were invited to a meeting, where they were shown a video timeline of the attacks.
Tracey said "it was all rushed", and they were not informed about what would happen in the meeting beforehand.
She said she asked for the video to be stopped, adding they should have been shown sooner and with a "different approach".
Wayne said he still did not want to see the video.
Wayne and Tracey, the inquiry heard, were allocated a family liaison officer, Det Con Raj Johal, but said they were not initially told what had happened to Wayne on the day of the attacks.
Tracey said they were also not told about Valdo Calocane's history with the police and previous violent incidents.
"I just wanted to know the severity of what he did to me," Wayne said.
"Or, even if she couldn't tell, she could have said 'I'm really sorry, I can't disclose any information at the moment'," Tracey added.
The inquiry has heard the details of Wayne's injuries, including the traumatic brain injury he suffered as a consequence of two skull fractures.
He also had bruising to the left side of his brain, numerous lacerations to the face and body, severe bruising to his body, shoulder injuries, a broken collarbone, a broken rib and a fracture to his spine.
Tracey (pictured right) told the inquiry since the attacks, life had been a "rollercoaster" and comprised a lot of meetings with psychologists and occupational therapists.
She added Wayne had "constant" hospital appointments - and she had to take a year off work.
"Wayne is obviously relying on me for everything," she said.
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