Murdered student 'did not die with dignity' says family
Key takeaways
- Nikki Mitchell South of England home affairs correspondent Family Photograph Henry Nowak was arrested and handcuffed before police realised he had been stabbed.
- It comes after Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison, for a minimum of 21 years, for using a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith to stab the 18-year-old in Southampton in December.
- Digwa had lied to police about being the victim of a racist attack and officers arrested and handcuffed Nowak as he lay dying on the ground.
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Nikki Mitchell South of England home affairs correspondent Family Photograph Henry Nowak was arrested and handcuffed before police realised he had been stabbed. The family of murdered student, Henry Nowak, said they will carry their grief "every single day" for the rest of their lives and have called on the government to treat knife crime as a "national emergency".
It comes after Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison, for a minimum of 21 years, for using a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith to stab the 18-year-old in Southampton in December.
Digwa had lied to police about being the victim of a racist attack and officers arrested and handcuffed Nowak as he lay dying on the ground.