The inquiry also heard Ian’s sons only found out about a vigil, organised by Nottingham City Council, at the Council House in Old Market Square on 16 June from a Sky News journalist.
“Everybody had been invited – we had no information or no official word on it,” James said.
James, Lee and their older brother Darren were invited to attend after family members contacted the council.
When they arrived, they learned they had not been formally invited to speak at the vigil, but were told they could if they wished.
“We were kind of going with the flow at this stage but at this point, it already felt that we were a bit of an afterthought, let’s say,” Lee added.
Lee and James told the hearing they were not kept informed by police from the moment of the attacks, through to the sentencing in January 2024 and then after, when the force’s previous interactions with Calocane emerged.
In his statement to the inquiry, Lee said: “I do feel strongly we were perceived as second class, in comparison to others.
“I think I’d already had a bad taste in my mouth from the get-go of the day of 13 June, having to forage for information ourselves, having to contact the police rather than them contacting us.”
He said that “saga had continued”.