Posted on 05/17/2026 12:43:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony.
Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out in December 2025, chatting with some friends on Snapchat, when he was encountered by Vickrum Digwa, 23. After a brief exchange, Digwa stabbed Nowak with an eight-inch Sikh ceremonial shastar blade, according to court testimony reported by BBC. A post-mortem examination showed Nowak had four stab wounds, BBC reported.
Nowak tried to escape over a fence, but was “aggressively pursued” by Digwa, jurors were told.
However, when Hampshire Constabulary police officers arrived at the scene, they arrested the dying Nowak rather than Digwa after the suspect claimed he’d been “racially abused and attacked by a drunken man,” prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said, ITV News reported.
Nowak was handcuffed and police administered first aid before he fell unconscious, according to Lobbenberg. He died a short time later at the scene. “Put simply,” the prosecutor told jurors, “Henry drowned in his own blood, with his lung having been cut by the knife going eight centimeters into him.”
Lobbenberg acknowledged that Sikh males are allowed to carry a knife as part of their religious obligation. Digwa did have a small ceremonial knife called a kirpan in his possession. However, the knife used to stab Nowak was an “extremely large knife” openly displayed over Digwa’s clothing, ITV News reported.
The prosecutor challenged Digwa’s claim that Nowak was drunk, saying the student had drunk less than the law’s drink-drive limit.
As for Digwa’s allegation of racial abuse, the fatal altercation had been recorded on Nowak’s phone, which was found in Digwa’s pocket. The Daily Mail reported:
Digwa replied: ‘I am a bad man,’ to which Mr. Nowak replied: ‘Are you a b…,’ before the footage cuts off.”
Digwa was charged with murder, while his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was charged with assisting the offender by allegedly removing the knife from the scene. The two have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Turning Point UK called for the firing of the police officers involved, posting on X that “@HantsPolice must sack the police officers responsible and apologize for their disgraceful behavior believing false allegations of racism over a man who had been violently stabbed.”
Remember right after 9/11 there was a Sikh who went outside in his head dress and an American mistook him for a Muslim and killed him? Lots of sympathy.
Now along with the deadly truckers, the Sikhs are in the same category against us, sometimes.
Racially abused=justifiable homicide? Guess so. Older Sikhs dont seem to be like this. The younger ones? Learned victimhood.
Should have listened to Enoch Powell. He knew.
Well, this was just one Sikh, so...
“ Now along with the deadly truckers, the Sikhs are in the same category against us, sometimes.”
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Sadly, it appears to be true more and more often now. WTF happened!
Libtards!
They cannot vote themselves out of this. It is the entire ruling class against them.
We shall see if the British press even publishes this crime. (After all, Starmer is still dictator-in-chief of UK policy.)
A German police officer was killed by a Muslim assailant when he (the police officer) was handcuffing the knife-attack victim - while the armed Muslim stood above both victim and police officer.
Something tells me they’re figuring that out.
At least in the US the pompous Muslims say they are contaminated and defiled by association with us common Americans who are infidels. Sikhs may be thinking the same.
Actually that is bigotry by them.
We not only welcome them, we use our hard earned tax money to give them a great life on our tab.
So let me get this straight . . . Englishmen are not allowed to carry knives, but Sikhs are.
Looks like it is high(past)time to keep both Sikhs & Muslims out of the U.S.
Sikhs have a religious obligation to carry a ceremonial dagger.
Hmmm. Freepers usually like Sikhs.
And I have an obligation, and a right, to carry a Glock.
Hmmm. Freepers usually like Sikhs.
There are always going to be some a-holes in every group.
It is about the British police.
The two tier policing weighed the value of a claim of unsubstantiated racism against the value of a man who was dying from stab wounds.
The police actions are so contrary to common sense as to be perverted.
btt
It wasn’t a real knife. It was a ceremonial knife. Which will somehow make sense to many people. Including more than a few FReepers, no doubt.
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