Southampton student Henry Nowak stabbed with 21cm knife, trial told
Prosecutors say the student suffered four stab wounds as jurors hear claims the defendant carried a 21cm blade and his mother removed it from the scene.
- Southampton Crown Court is hearing the murder trial of Vickrum Digwa, 23, accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak on December 3, 2025; Digwa denies the charge and claims he acted in self-defense.
- Prosecutors allege Digwa carried a 21cm shastar while Nowak walked home from a night out on Belmont Road; phone footage captured an exchange where Digwa replied "I am a bad man" moments before the fatal attack.
- Police handcuffed the severely injured Nowak after Digwa claimed he had been racially abused, according to testimony; despite receiving first aid, Nowak collapsed and was pronounced dead at 37 minutes past midnight.
- Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, also faces charges for allegedly removing the weapon from the scene to their home; both defendants deny all allegations as the trial continues.
- The case has sparked intense social media backlash, with critics accusing British authorities of "two-tier policing" for allegedly accepting the attacker's claims while handcuffing the bleeding victim.
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Fatally stabbed British teen bled out in cop's handcuffs after Sikh suspected murderer cried racism
A 23-year-old Sikh man is on trial in the United Kingdom for the December murder of an 18-year-old Englishman.Vickrum Digwa is accused of fatally slashing and stabbing first-year Southampton University student Henry Nowak of Essex. Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, is also on trial for conspiring with her son after the fact by allegedly removing the murder weapon from the scene of the attack.Already in the trial, prosecutors have furnished members of …
Stabbed British Teen Dies Handcuffed by Police after Attacker Claims Racism
Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old British university student, was reportedly handcuffed by police after being stabbed by a Sikh man, before collapsing in the street and dying moments later, according to details presented during an ongoing murder trial in Southampton, United Kingdom. Prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC told the court that officers restrained the victim after the alleged attacker claimed he had been racially abused by Nowak. The stabbing,…
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