Six more men have been charged with offences after protests in Southampton following the murder of Henry Nowak.A total of 20 men have now been arrested after protesters clashed with police on Tuesday near where the 18-year-old was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa.Digwa - jailed for life last week - falsely claimed he was racially abused and that he acted in self-defence against Henry, who was handcuffed by Hampshire Police officers as he bled to death in December last year.During Tuesday's unrest near Digwa's home protesters threw bottles and bricks, setting bins alight and injuring 11 officers as they fought to storm the police line.Hampshire Police said six more men had been charged, five of them for violent disorder including Benjamin Jones, 23, Tyler Burley, 18, Mariusz Szczyglo, 45, Kamil Josef Klonek, 33, and Leon O'Leary, 41.Harley Haynes, 23, has been charged with affray. O'Leary pleaded guilty to violent disorder, obstructing/resisting a constable and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place - a sword in his bedroom - during a hearing on Monday.He will be sentenced on Tuesday. A protester hurls a brick at police in Southampton during unrest on Tuesday after the sentencing of Henry Nowak's killer Vickrum Digwa was jailed last week for a minimum of 21 years after he fatally stabbed Henry and called police claiming he had been the victim of a racist attack Henry died in December last year and was handcuffed by Hampshire police officers as he bled to death despite protests that he could not breathe The other five have been remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court today alongside two others - Jordan Hambleton, 19, and Callum Darch, 27 - also charged with violent disorder.Residents said they were terrified during the protests and woke up to smashed car windows and property damage.Earlier a 50-year-old man accused of assaulting a police officer during the protests had a trial date set on Monday for November.Matt Styler, a veteran soldier who served with the Parachute Regiment, pleaded not guilty last week to the charge of kicking a police sergeant on June 2. Southampton Crown Court heard the defendant had not come to Monday's hearing after he refused to attend from prison because of 'confusion' over a change of date.Meanwhile some Sikh residents in Southampton have said they are scared to leave their houses after the violent protests.Digwa is a Sikh and was known to have carried two ceremonial blades, allowed under a religious exemption to knife laws.On Friday a Sikh celebration in Southampton was cancelled over safety fears following the protests. Demonstrators, some appearing to be holding alcohol, attacked a police van on TuesdayA funeral home in the city had planned to host an open afternoon for Sikh residents and the wider community with the mayor and local councillors invited to celebrate the life of Gian Singh-Chungh, who died in December 2025 at the age of 87.His wife Gurbax Kaur-Chungh died in 2014 and was also set to be honoured at the event.Tracey Burrows-Chungh, Mr Singh-Chungh's daughter-in-law who has worked as a funeral director for five years, said it had been postponed after what she described as 'riots'.She said: 'It's due to the recent events and worrying about the health and safety of our staff and the community. We're on the fence here, it's worrying times.'Ms Burrows-Chungh's husband and Mr Singh-Chungh's youngest son, Joga Chungh said his father, had he been alive, would have been 'disappointed' after Digwa murdered Henry.'It's not something that happens regularly, thank god,' he said.'He was part of the committee of the local Gurdwara on Cranbury Avenue, and he would not have been happy at all about the actions of a member of the Sikh community.'There is a small minority that think that anyone that wears a turban is of the same mindset.'He added that seeing reports of other Sikhs receiving threats has led to him not going out as much as he would normally.Sikhs are a small minority in Southampton, numbering just 4,200 in a 250,000-strong population as of the last census in 2021.Nationally the census showed there were around 524,000 Sikhs in England and Wales, 0.9 per cent of the population.On Saturday a Muslim Eid celebration in Southampton's Hoglands Park was postponed due to planned protests.
Another six men are charged after protests over Henry Nowak murder
A total of 20 men have now been arrested after protesters clashed with police on Tuesday near where the 18-year-old was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa.












