Previously unreleased police bodycam footage has revealed that officers appeared to agree with murderer Vikrum Digwa’s lies about facing racist abuse from slain student Henry Nowak.
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Newly released police bodycam footage from just after the death of Henry Nowak, between an officer and murderer Digwa.
Digwa says: “But I’ve been racially attacked.” The officer replies: “I know, mate, I know,” and adds: “I’m not saying you’ve done anything, mate.”
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Earlier this month, police released partial footage from police officer-worn cameras of the final moments of 18-year-old Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak in Southampton last year.
The 3-minute clip sparked protests and riots in response to an officer being shown to have refused to believe that Nowak had been stabbed or could not breathe as he placed the teen in handcuffs and arrested him. Infamously, when Nowak said in a strained voice that he had been stabbed, an officer was heard saying, “I don’t think you have, mate”.
Now, weeks after the trial concluded, and Digwa being found guilty and sentenced to at least 21 years in prison, police have begun to release more information about the fateful final moments of Nowak’s life.
On Friday, footage released to the BBC by the Hampshire Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) showed the interaction with Digwa after he had stabbed Nowak multiple times in the chest with a traditional Sikh knife, which he was permitted to carry under British law due to a religious exemption.
