The brother of triple killer Valdo Calocane has told an inquiry he thought his sibling’s messages about hurting “permanently” concerned his suicidal thoughts, not harming other people. Elias Calocane described his brother, who sent him texts about “red rum”, which is murder spelt backwards, as a “calm and peaceful” person. Former student Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, stabbed to death undergraduates Barnaby Webber and Grace O-Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, before trying to murder three pedestrians with a van in Nottingham. On Wednesday, Calocane’s brother gave evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry, which is examining events leading up to the killings in June 2023, when he was questioned about a series of text messages sent by the killer in 2020. Elias Calocane told the inquiry he thought an “I love you” message sent from his brother in January of that year was a “goodbye message”.…