Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old University of Southampton student, died after being stabbed five times by Vickrum Digwa. The victim's relatives were not permitted to view body-worn camera footage of the incident until the opening day of Digwa's trial at Southampton Crown Court. Although Chief Constable Alexis Boon acknowledged serious institutional failures, the family was informed that no officers would face criminal or conduct investigations. Meanwhile, an independent inquiry commissioned by the government will examine missed opportunities to intervene.
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Hampshire Police issued a formal apology after admitting they failed Henry Nowak when he…: Hampshire Police issued a formal apology after admitting they failed Henry Nowak when he needed their assistance most.
Relatives learned in April that no police officers involved in the incident would face cr…: Relatives learned in April that no police officers involved in the incident would face criminal or conduct proceedings.
An investigation into the police response by the Independent Office for Police Conduct is…: An investigation into the police response by the Independent Office for Police Conduct is set to conclude early next year.
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The family of murdered student Henry Nowak have said police gave changing accounts of the events surrounding his death and did not initially disclose they had handcuffed him as he lay dying.
They said police initially portrayed him as the aggressor in the fatal altercation with killer Vickrum Digwa in Southampton on 3 December 2025.
The 18-year-old's stepmother Katie Nowak said Hampshire Police had failed them "multiple times".
The remarks came in a second excerpt released by ITV from the forthcoming documentary Dear Henry: Our Fight For Justice. Chief Constable Alexis Boon has apologised to the family and said that when Henry "needed us most, we failed him".
Nowak, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, was a first-year student at the University of Southampton when he was murdered as he walked home from a night out.
He suffered five stab wounds or cuts from a 21cm (8in) blade, which Digwa later claimed was from a kirpan that he was carrying as part of his Sikh faith.
In police body-worn camera footage that was shown in court, the teenager could…
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