Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jun 3
Vickrum Digwa Killed 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak in Southampton Stabbing
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jun 3

Vickrum Digwa Killed 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak in Southampton Stabbing

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 3

Summary

  • CCTV, bodycam footage and a 999 call show 18-year-old Henry Nowak was fatally stabbed on 3 December while walking back to his Southampton university accommodation.
  • Nowak, only months into his first year at university, repeatedly told officers he had been stabbed after the attack.
  • Police instead handcuffed him after Vickrum Digwa falsely claimed Nowak had racially abused him, according to the reconstruction of the killing.
  • The footage and emergency call lay out Nowak's final moments after a night out with friends and sharpen scrutiny of how officers responded at the scene.

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