PIO Sikh man murdered British university student with 21-inch knife, UK court told

TOI analogous from London: A British Indian Sikh antheral is facing proceedings for murdering a British achromatic pupil astatine Southampton University with a 21-inch knife.Henry Nowak (18), who was successful his archetypal twelvemonth studying accountancy and finance, was walking location from a nighttime retired with shot mates erstwhile helium was stabbed to death.A post-mortem introspection recovered helium suffered 4 stab wounds.Vickrum Digwa (23) from Southampton, a British national, is charged with the execution of Nowak and with possession of a bladed nonfiction successful a nationalist place.His parent Kiran Kaur (53), an Indian citizen, is charged with assisting an offender by removing a limb from the execution scene. They some contradict the charges.Southampton Crown Court heard that Nowak had been sending Snapchat videos to friends arsenic helium walked location successful Southampton connected Dec 3 past year.Nicholas Lobbenberg KC, prosecuting, said: “His telephone captures the infinitesimal helium met Vickrum Digwa who was carrying an highly ample weapon successful a sheath,” ITV News reported.The authoritative said arsenic good arsenic the knife, Digwa had a kirpan astir his neck. Neighbours heard Nowak accidental helium had been stabbed and was dying, earlier trying to flight by climbing implicit a obstruction leaving a humor trail. Digwa chose to aggressively prosecute him, the prosecution said.

A video of the incidental was recovered connected Nowak’s phone, aboriginal discovered successful Digwa’s pocket.The parent was captured connected video footage taking the weapon backmost to their household location successful St Denys Road, Southampton, wherever it was recovered by police.When constabulary arrived, Digwa denied stabbing Nowak, claiming helium had been racially abused and attacked by a drunken man.Police initially handcuffed Nowak and started giving him archetypal assistance erstwhile helium collapsed and died.In his constabulary interrogation Digwa said Nowak had knocked his turban disconnected and grabbed his hairsbreadth and helium had “stabbed retired doubly with his kirpan” successful self-defence.The tribunal heard that footage of Nowak climbing implicit a obstruction showed Digwa with hairsbreadth successful a choky bun but erstwhile constabulary had arrived, his hairsbreadth was down.The proceedings continues.