Nowak family say police footage deepened trauma
The family says body-worn footage showed officers handcuffing Henry Nowak as he lay dying, deepening concerns over the police response and watchdog probe.
- The family of Henry Nowak claimed they were 'manipulated in their darkest hours' by police and the watchdog, speaking ahead of the ITV documentary 'Dear Henry: Our Fight For Justice' airing on Thursday, November 5.
- Vickrum Digwa stabbed Nowak five times in December 2025, falsely accusing the teenager of racial abuse; police handcuffed the dying student for nearly a minute while ignoring his repeated pleas he had been stabbed.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced an independent review led by former lord chancellor Alex Chalk to examine missed opportunities, while the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigates two officers for potential gross misconduct.
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Chief Constable Alexis Boon admitted for the first time that his force 'failed' the teenager, stating, 'Henry's murder was a devastating tragedy, and our thoughts remain with his family.'
- Rejecting attempts to politicize the death, the family stated they 'worked hard' to keep politics out of Nowak's story and 'would have hated' the rioting that followed his death.
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Henry Nowak’s Family Say They Were ‘Manipulated’ by Police After Son’s Murder
The family of murdered British teenager Henry Nowak say police repeatedly misled them about the circumstances of their son’s death, raising fears that authorities were more concerned with protecting their own reputation than telling the truth.Nowak, 18, was stabbed five times by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton on 3 December 2025. Despite repeatedly telling responding officers that he had been stabbed and could not breathe, the teenager was handcuff…
"No words can describe that feeling," says Henry Nowak's mother, Lucy Ross.
Henry Nowak Family Accuse Police of Manipulating Case to Save Face
The family of Henry Nowak, the slain teenager who was killed last year in a knife attack while officers denied that he had been stabbed, say police gaslit them and seemed more interested in protecting the reputation of the force than the truth.
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