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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ben Mitchell

Dying student handcuffed by police after attacker who stabbed him told racism lie

Henry Nowak died after suffering a stab wound to the chest - (Family handout)

A Sikh man has been found guilty of the murder of an 18-year-old university student after stabbing him to death with a Sikh ceremonial knife, known as a kirpan, with a 21cm blade.

Vickrum Digwa told police a “wicked lie” that he was the victim of a racist attack after he stabbed finance student Henry Nowak, from Chafford Hundred, Essex, five times in the incident in Belmont Road, Southampton, on 3 December 2025.

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