Downing Street Rebukes JD Vance Over 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak Killing as Row Deepens
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Downing Street Rebukes JD Vance Over 18-Year-Old Henry Nowak Killing as Row Deepens
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Summary
Downing Street accused people of trying to interfere in British democracy and stir division after JD Vance linked Henry Nowak’s murder to a “mass invasion of migrants.”
Vance said the 18-year-old student would still be alive if European elites had resisted migration, while the government said Nowak’s family did not want his death used to fuel further division.
Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life on Monday for fatally stabbing Nowak in Southampton in December after falsely claiming racial abuse and self-defence.
Bodycam footage showing police handcuffing Nowak as he lay dying triggered violent protests near the scene, and Elon Musk had already amplified the case this week, drawing a similar rebuke from Keir Starmer.
Ed Davey said Britons should resist attempts by Vance and others to politicise the killing, underscoring how the case has become a wider flashpoint over migration, policing and online agitation.