“I have to say, as a father of a 17-year-old boy, I felt sick watching it.”
Sir Keir Starmer has said he “felt sick” watching footage of police handcuffing student Henry Nowak as he lay dying, and that there are “serious questions” toThe killer of finance student Mr Nowak, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, told police attending the scene of the stabbing in Southampton on December 3 2025 that he had been the victim of a racist attack.
In body-worn camera footage from the incident, Mr Nowak can be heard repeatedly saying: “I’ve been stabbed,” to which anwas “harrowing”, adding: “I have to say, as a father of a 17-year-old boy, I felt sick watching it. ” The police watchdog is expected to report on theThe Independent Office for Police Conduct said investigators are examining a large amount of body-worn video as well as material presented during Digwa’s trial.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, carried out a viciouson 18-year-old Henry Nowak from Chafford Hundred, Essex, before fabricating a "wicked lie" and alleging he had been targeted in a racist attack. Henry sustained two stab wounds to the rear of his legs before receiving a fatal blow to his heart on Belmont Road, Southampton, on December 3, 2025.
Footage captured by his victim shows Digwa declaring "I am a bad man" mere moments before the killing.that Henry, whom he characterised as intoxicated, had directed racial slurs at him before striking him and dislodging his turban. Digwa was convicted ofHe also faced charges of possessing a bladed article in public, while his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was found guilty of assisting an offender by removing the weapon from the scene.
Digwa maintained he hadHenry in self-defence after being threatened and grabbed by the hair, but insisted he hadn't realised at the time that he had inflicted the fatal chest wound. He also "lied" to officers by denying he had stabbed Henry despite the student's desperate appeals for assistance as he informed police of his injuries.
This resulted in officers placing Henry in handcuffs as he layTech billionaire Elon Musk posted on X an offer to fund a private prosecution against the police, while the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. Mark Nowak, Henry Nowak's father, broke down in tears as he read his victim impactHe said: "As a father, it is my job to protect my child and I failed to keep him safe, I was not there when he needed me most, the thought of him lying in the road, scared, bleeding to death will haunt me forever.
"I have been traumatised by not knowing exactly what happened that night. A parent losing a child is the worst thing in the world but not knowing how it happened is like a fate worse than hell.
"directly, telling him: "If you had known him, you would never have hurt him. " She also shared with the court: "My brother was my first best friend, an unbreakable bond, we lived our life to the fullest together. "Prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC had earlier informed the court that the accused, who had undergone weapons training from the age of 12, spoke of theused in the fatal attack was openly visible. He continued: "This is a man who likes weapons.
He thinks a knife is a suitable wedding present for his brother. "
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