Vickrum Digwa who stabbed Henry Nowak five times with his religious knife in the UK has been sentenced for life, concluding a high-octane case that was being followed all across the world. As the incident took place in December 2025, the Hampshire Police arrested and handcuffed Nowak as he was dying, as Digwa told the officers that he had been racially abused by the 18 -year-old student.

Knife-obsessed Vickrum Digwa, 23, stabbed stranger Henry Nowak, 18, six times with an eight-inch blade he had been carrying in Southampton city centre last December.

Knife-obsessed Vickrum Digwa, 23, stabbed stranger Henry Nowak, 18, six times with an eight-inch blade he had been carrying in Southampton city centre last December.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, told 18-year-old student Henry Nowak 'I am a bad man' before fatally stabbing him in the heart - and later falsely claiming he was the victim of a racist attack

Vickrum Digwa told his victim ‘I am a bad man’ moments before stabbing him

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Vickrum Digwa who stabbed Henry Nowak five times with his religious knife in the UK has been sentenced for life, concluding a high-octane case that was being followed all across…

Vickrum Digwa had falsely claimed racial abuse, prompting police to handcuff his dying victim, Henry Nowak, who he had stabbed.

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Henry Nowak begged officers to call an ambulance after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, who carried out the murder in Southampton city centre.

Vickrum Singh Digwa, 23, received a life sentence with a 21-year minimum on Monday for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak...

Chilling bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak telling police officers, "I've been stabbed" while being handcuffed. The 18-year-old student was handcuffed as he lay dying after being…

Vickrum Digwa, 23, stabbed the 18-year-old university student with an eight-inch ceremonial sword six times.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 21 years for stabbing Henry Nowak with a knife, which he carried as part of his Sikh religion

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was yesterday jailed fo a minimum term of 21 years for stabbing Mr Nowak, 18. He will appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court this afternoon along with two…

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed yesterday for stabbing stranger Henry Nowak, 18, with an eight-inch Sikh dagger he had been carrying in Southampton city centre last December.

The man convicted of murdering 18-year-old Henry Nowak in a Southampton stabbing has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years.

A day after Sikh man Vickrum Digwa was given a life sentence for stabbing 18-year-old student Henry Nowak and then lying to the police that Nowak subjected him to racial abuse,…

Henry Nowak was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, who fatally stabbed him with an 8-inch blade he claimed he carried as part of his Sikh faith.

Henry Nowak was killed by Vickrum Digwa, who falsely alleged a racist attack, in Southampton last year

A Sikh man jailed for murdering an 18-year-old student in Southampton had previously been reported to police over the alleged theft of ceremonial religious blades, the Daily Mail…

Judge says Vickrum Digwa gave police ‘convincing but wholly false narrative’ after claiming he’d be racially abused after stabbing teenager to death