Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old British-Polish student from Chafford Hundred, Essex, was stabbed to death in Portswood, Southampton, in the early hours of December 3, 2025, after an altercation while walking home from a night out with friends. Court evidence in the murder trial of Vickrum Singh Digwa, 23, has raised serious concerns that a racism allegation led police to handcuff the fatally wounded young man, delaying medical aid and denying him both urgent care and the possible opportunity for the Last Rites.
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Death of Henry Nowak raises questions over police response
Henry Nowak, 18, died after being stabbed in Southampton while walking home from a night out with university friends
Thomas Colsy
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