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Teen Henry Nowak Killed; Suspect Claims Self-Defense After Racial Abuse

5/16/2026

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Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak was stabbed to death on 3 December in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa told him, “I am a bad man,” and police, despite a doctor’s helicopter arrival, declared him dead at the scene.
Nowak’s phone captured Digwa carrying a shastar knife with an eight-inch blade as he walked home after drinking below the limit.
Kiran Kaur, Digwa’s mother, took the knife home, while Digwa claims self-defence after racial abuse.

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Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak was stabbed to death on 3 December in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa told him, “I am a bad man,” and police, despite a doctor’s helicopter arrival, declared him dead at the scene.
Nowak’s phone captured Digwa carrying a shastar knife with an eight-inch blade as he walked home after drinking below the limit.
Kiran Kaur, Digwa’s mother, took the knife home, while Digwa claims self-defence after racial abuse.