Vickrum Digwa repeatedly stabbed the innocent student before lying to police that he had been racist in a disturbing case that sparked national furore.

Killer’s family said they would ‘give anything’ for him not to have crossed paths with murder victim victim

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.

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.

On a city street last December, Vikrum Digwa, 23, murdered Henry Nowak, 18, with the kirpan dagger.