Posted on 06/01/2026 6:43:03 AM PDT by RandFan
Henry Nowak, 18, died after being stabbed multiple times in Southampton in December
Vickrum Digwa, 23, was found guilty of his murder on Thursday
Henry, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, had been walking back to his student accommodation alone after a night out with his football teammates when he encountered Digwa
Digwa tried to claim he acted in self-defence and that Henry was drunk, shouted racist abuse, hit him and knocked off his turban
The prosecution said Digwa had invented a "wicked lie" to try to save himself from jail – and the jury agreed
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has confirmed an investigation into the police force's actions is ongoing, after Henry was handcuffed before he died
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Henry Nowak’s father Mark Nowak is the first to address the court.
In a victim personal statement, he speaks of being “tormented” by thoughts of his son’s final moments and the “horrific pain” he felt over the death.
“I couldn’t help Henry in his final moments and there is nothing I can do to bring him back,” he says.
“He had been dead for more than 24 hours before I knew.
“That night I lay on his bed hugging his pillows, wanting and needing to be close to him.”
Mark Nowak, who wears glasses and a dark suit, speaks of “sitting in a mortuary holding his hand, the same hand I held when he was born”.
He says Henry was an “incredible brother” to his three siblings.
Henry Nowak’s stepmother Kayleigh recalls telling Henry’s 10-year-old brother of his death.
“Raw, unfiltered sobs echoed through the house,” she says.
She also speaks of her own daughter, who she says is now “terrified” of being a crime victim.
“It is incredibly hard to see the people you love at breaking point,” she continues.
“I feel that the darkest hours... are still to come... The agonising pain of living life without my darling Henry.”
It’s time for public hangings of the crap who are butt buddies with DemocRAT scum.
Judge Bill Mousley KC praises the three family members for their courage in making personal statements to the court.
Vickrum Digwa appeared to listen carefully to what was said by the Nowak family.
He sits in the dock with his eyes raised to the speakers, his head slightly to one side, as they describe their pain.
A fourth victim personal statement from Henry Nowak’s stepfather says the 18-year-old “would not tolerate racism, sexism or bullying”.
David Stephenson’s statement, read out in court by a barrister, says: “He treated people with respect and kindness and that is something I admired deeply.”
Previously, Vickrum Digwa told the jury Nowak had used racist words towards him during their altercation and knocked his turban off.
It’s Britain. So probably community service.
However in the USA it would be a year before there was a trial. So much for the Constitution.
This article should be an occasion for soul searching on the part of the police, the court system and even the BBC itself. They all are part of the system that resulted in this young man’s death. They all promote policies and attitudes that resulted in the police automatically siding with the Sikh with the sword and handcuffing the young white man while he bled out. But no, let’s keep the article narrowly focused on just the facts of the moment. God forbid we use this to look at the bigger picture.
Have the names of the police officers involved been released yet?
No they will say its under investigation
The perp used a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith....
I thought it was prohibited to carry knifes in the UK. Does that mean that if my religion demands that I carry a handgun loaded with .44 Magnum it would be OK to do that?
There’s an exemption for them
Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC is now addressing the judge on the minimum tariff to be imposed as part of the life sentence for murder.
“This was a sustained attack on an unarmed man,” he says.
“There are three separate target areas to the front of his body and no defensive wounds. There are two wounds to the rear of his body. The pathology tells its own story.
“[Digwa] was skilled with weapons, trains with weapons, sleeps in a room with weapons.
“The Crown [Prosecutors] say he is a man with a weapons obsession.”
The prosecutor says there should be a starting point of 25 years in jail, partly due to “aggravating factors”.
He says Digwa chose to make videos of Henry fleeing and took close-ups of Henry lying on the ground.
Digwa’s depiction to police of Nowak as a “racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased’s family”, he concludes.
Jeremy Wainwright KC, defending Digwa, says he is “of good character”, indicating that he has no previous convictions.
“He did not go out that night with intention to commit anything at all,” the barrister tells the judge.
“This incident clearly happened very quickly and very unexpectedly.”
Judge Mousley asks whether Digwa was born and raised in Southampton, which Wainwright confirms.
“Vickrum Digwa told the jury Nowak had used racist words towards him during their altercation and knocked his turban off.”
If I killed someone with that reasoning, I’d be lucky to get life in prison. But I’m white.
I HOPE he gets 35 years at least
Well said.
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