In this image taken from PA video, Henry Nowak's father Mark speaks to the media outside Southampton Crown Court, Southampton, England, on June 1, 2026.
| Photo Credit: AP Sentencing in a Southampton murder case involving a kirpan (a ceremonial dagger associated with Sikhism), along with the release of video footage of the police response sparked debates online and in the U.K. Parliament on Tuesday around policing and knife crime and the politicization of a brutal murder. Also Read | London’s homicide rate per capita at record low: police data Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years for killing 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton on December 3, 2025. Nowak was unarmed and stabbed multiple times by Digwa with the latter’s 21 cm long kirpan. Digwa had then gone on to lie to the police that Nowak, who was alone, used racial slurs against him. He had also lied to the police saying he had not stabbed Nowak.
Published: June 2, 2026 4:12 pm
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