Murder of Henry Nowak

Henry Nowak was an 18-year-old university student who was murdered by Vickrum Digwa on 3 December 2025 in Southampton, England. Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh, stabbed Nowak five times using a 21-cm (8 inches) kirpan. When police arrived, they handcuffed Nowak – who was fatally injured – after Digwa accused him of assault and making racist remarks. Nowak died shortly after being handcuffed. Shortly before the stabbing, Nowak had filmed Digwa during a verbal altercation. Digwa maintained that he acted in self-defence after Nowak allegedly made racist remarks and punched him. Prosecutors argued that these allegations were baseless and fabricated in an attempt to justify the stabbing. The jury convicted Digwa of murder on 28 May 2026. Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was found guilty of assisting an offender.