Updated
Updated · Daily Signal · May 15
Henry Nowak, 18, Dies After Police Cuff Stabbing Victim Instead of Suspect
Updated
Updated · Daily Signal · May 15

Henry Nowak, 18, Dies After Police Cuff Stabbing Victim Instead of Suspect

3 articles · Updated · Daily Signal · May 15
  • Court testimony said 18-year-old Henry Nowak bled to death in Southampton after officers arrested and handcuffed him at the scene rather than alleged attacker Vickrum Digwa, 23.
  • Prosecutors said Digwa claimed he had been racially abused and attacked by a drunken man, but Nowak’s phone recording and alcohol level challenged that account.
  • A post-mortem found four stab wounds, including one that cut Nowak’s lung; prosecutors said Digwa used an eight-inch shastar blade and aggressively pursued him after the attack.
  • Digwa has pleaded not guilty to murder, while his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, has pleaded not guilty to assisting an offender by allegedly removing the knife.
  • The case has intensified scrutiny of Hampshire police conduct, with campaign group Turning Point UK calling for the officers involved to be fired and to apologize.
Why did police arrest a dying victim based on his attacker's unproven racism claim?
Does one fatal stabbing prove decades of UK police reform have completely failed?
When a religious symbol becomes a murder weapon, where does the law draw the line?