On Tuesday, we heard evidence from the family of the third person to die at the hands of Valdo Calocane - Ian Coates.

Two of Ian's three sons, James and Lee, were the first of the bereaved families to formally give evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry.

James told the hearing yesterday he learned of his father's death when messaged by a family friend on Instagram.

James added the family had already pieced together what occurred - with police only contacting them 10 minutes before a major press conference was held.

Lee told the hearing he decided to leave the family house where they had gathered to visit the scene in Magdala Road.

The following day, they visited to lay flowers and spoke of the huge press interest.

The brothers told the inquiry they were not invited to a vigil being held in the city centre but after learning of it through a journalist, they called the council to attend.

The Coates brothers also praised the support of the other families of Calocane's victims.

Lee said throughout they had felt like "second-class citizens" with the way they had been treated by the authorities.

Both an "astounded" James and then Lee gave statements explaining how they now felt since the inquiry had begun.

We also heard from Elaine Newton, Ian's partner.

Elaine was told for hours that Ian had died in a road traffic accident but no further details were provided, the inquiry heard.

The officers who explained that he had been stabbed were shocked Elaine had not been told, and Elaine said it felt like her partner had been "killed twice" on hearing the news.

Elaine explained she and Ian had been "private" people, and after the death she shut herself away.

She told the inquiry of her meetings with senior police officials as details began to emerge of mistakes within the force.

She told the inquiry she blames a lack of communication between the police and the NHS for her partner's death.

She added she was given "condescending" advice by police to sell her house and buy a dog.