Horrifying footage has shown the moment Henry Nowak said “I can’t breathe” as he was arrested by police after being stabbed.
The 18-year-old student had been stabbed six times by weapons-obsessed Vickrum Digwa, 23 in December.
But Mr Nowak was the one handcuffed by police after Digwa claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack.
Police bodycam footage from the incident shows officers restraining Mr Nowak as he pleads for help.
He had received two stab wounds on the back his legs and a fatal wound to his heart, pleading, “I’ve been stabbed” while being handcuffed.
Mr Nowak can be heard grunting and repeating “I’ve been stabbed” and “I can’t breathe” while he is made to sit up to be handcuffed.
The officer can be heard asking: “You’ve been stabbed, whereabouts?” before adding: “Don’t think you have, mate.”
While being handcuffed, Mr Nowak says “I can’t breathe” another three times.
On Monday, Digwa was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 21 years for stabbing Mr Nowak with a ceremonial knife with a 21cm blade prosecutors said was a kirpan, which he carried as part of his religion.
In the footage released by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary on Monday night, a police officer arriving at the scene can be heard asking: “What’s your name, mate?” before Mr Nowak, who is lying on his back on the ground, faintly replies: “Henry.”
Digwa then steps into the frame claiming Mr Nowak had taken his turban off and grabbed him by the hair.
The officer asks Digwa: “Are you injured?” to which Digwa replies: “Yeah, yeah, I’ve got a swollen eye here, a little bruise here.”
The officer can be heard saying: “He says he’s been stabbed, so let’s just check him” and appears to briefly lift his shirt around the belt area before Mr Nowak is left to lie on his side.
A female officer can then be heard asking: “Where do you think he’s been stabbed? In the face?” to which a male voice replies: “He hasn’t been stabbed.”
Mr Nowak, who seems unresponsive, is then told he is being arrested for assault.
Earlier, Nigel Farage said the treatment of Mr Nowak was evidence of a “two-tier culture”.
The Reform UK leader said Mr Nowak was “actually treated in a way that meant an accusation of a racial slur was treated more seriously than an act of murder”.
He said he had asked the attorney general to review the life sentence with a minimum of 21 years given to Digwa as being unduly lenient.
The sentence is now being considered.
Mr Farage said: “Henry’s family have responded to this in just the most extraordinarily dignified way.
“But I suggest the rest of us respond to this with pure cold rage.
“This is wrong. All the values and standards of living in a free country where everybody is judged equally before the law have been trashed and thrown away.”
He said there needed to be an end to “anti-white prejudice” and a recognition that “white lives matter just as much as black lives”.
Sir Keir Starmer said the police watchdog’s investigation into how officers handled the case of murder victim Henry Nowak amid outrage over his treatment must “be carried out as quickly as possible and answers delivered”.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said investigators, who will meet Mr Nowak’s family, are examining a large amount of body-worn video as well as material presented during Digwa’s trial.
