Starmer Tells Musk to End UK Political Interference Over 18-Year-Old's Murder Case
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Updated · Reuters · Jun 4
Starmer Tells Musk to End UK Political Interference Over 18-Year-Old's Murder Case
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jun 4
Summary
Starmer said Elon Musk should stop interfering in British politics after the X owner posted about the Henry Nowak case and, he said, tried to "whip up division."
Video released after Monday's sentencing showed 18-year-old Nowak handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds, fueling public anger and protests over police treatment and ethnicity.
Musk suggested on X that police were biased against white people, a claim the government and police rejected; Starmer called Tuesday night's violent protest "unforgivable."
Nowak's family, who met Starmer on Thursday, called his treatment by police "inhumane and degrading" but urged that his death not be used to deepen hatred or tension.
Starmer also backed Labour lawmaker Jess Asato's lawsuit against xAI over fake sexualized images, extending his clash with Musk beyond the murder case.