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Murderer of Henry Nowak shown in new footage lying about being racially attacked
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- The murderer of Henry Nowak, the student whose death sparked riots in Southampton, is seen lying to police officers about being racially attacked in newly released bodyworn camera footage.
- Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years this month for stabbing the 18-year-old five times in December last year.
- The series of lies told by Digwa minutes after he had fatally stabbed the university student have been exposed in the footage released for the first time on Friday.
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The murderer of Henry Nowak, the student whose death sparked riots in Southampton, is seen lying to police officers about being racially attacked in newly released bodyworn camera footage.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years this month for stabbing the 18-year-old five times in December last year.
When police arrived at the murder scene in Southampton, Digwa falsely claimed Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off, causing officers to arrest and handcuff the student before they saw his fatal injuries.
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