The contentious, high-profile case has sparked a furore -- and violent protests -- in Britain as police handcuffed 18-year-old Nowak after his attacker, Vickrum Digwa, falsely claimed he had been racially abused

Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in jail after stabbing Henry Nowak to death

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