Nottingham attack survivors speak out for first time as victim says she wishes killer Valdo Calocane 'had taken me instead'

The 32-year-old had taken the van owned by Coates after killing him and ploughed into Sharon Miller and Wayne Birkett.

Now, Miller and Birkett have spoken about the attack for the first time, saying Calocane "should be in prison."

Miller had been on her way to work at her cleaning job when she was run over by Calocane. Since the attack, she has been unable to work and rarely leaves the house.

The 42-year-old told the BBC: "I thought I was dying. I just wish he had taken me instead of the students...[they had] their whole lives ahead of them.

"You should be able to go to work and they should be able to walk out from wherever they were, and Ian should have been able to go in his van and go to work. It's just wrong."

Speaking about Calocane, Miller said: "He should be in prison...He should have been forced to have had his medication."

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Birkett, a former fork lift driver, was hit from behind by Calocane in the van. He has also been unable to return to work and has even had to learn to read and write again.

He said: "My legs hurt all the time, my back hurts, my head - painful, headaches all the time...It's horrible not having no memory, not remembering people you have known and worked for."

Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a hospital order after admitting three counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and three counts of attempted murder.

The ruling caused outrage from the families, who have demanded a statutory inquiry into his care before the attacks.

Greg Almond, of Rothera Bray solicitors, who is representing Miller and Birkett, said: "They don't want to be forgotten about.

"Understandably, they have been concentrating on their rehabilitation, but I think they want answers to the questions that they have got, which are numerous; and they want to find out what's going to change in the future so that this doesn't happen again."

Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, said: "Barney, Grace and Ian have paid the ultimate price for this shameful level of incompetence, and that must not be in vain. Over the course of the inquiry the truth will out. Wrongs will be righted. We will make sure of that, whatever it takes, however we have to do it, and for as long as we must.

"Unlike many, we have nothing to fear, nothing to hide or embellish. We call for all involved across all agencies who are called forward to finally do the right thing."