Graphic content / This screen grab from bodycam video taken on December 3, 2025 and released by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary to AFP on June 2, 2026 shows 18-year-old student Henry Nowak being handcuffed by police before his death, following a false claim of racial abuse, in Southampton, south England.
UK police released footage of a dying student falsely accused of racially abusing a British Sikh man, prompting far-right leader Nigel Farage on June 2, 2026 to attack diversity policies in policing.. Credit: AFP
Body camera footage of a dying student who was handcuffed by British police after being stabbed by a Sikh man and falsely accused of racially abusing his murderer sparked outrage Tuesday.
Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak is heard repeatedly telling police “I can’t breathe” in the footage captured as he lay mortally wounded in December after a night out with his football team members.
A judge on Monday jailed his killer, 23-year-old Sikh Vickrum Digwa, for at least 21 years for stabbing Nowak to death with a ceremonial knife with a 21cm (eight-inch) blade.
