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Mother of Henry Nowak’s murderer jailed for removing knife from scene

News UK World News Crime Kiran Kaur, mother of Henry Nowak's killer Vickrum Digwa, was sentenced to three years in prison for removing the murder weapon from…

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Grab from body-worn police video of Vickrum Digwa lying to officers that he had been ‘racially attacked’ by student Henry Nowak (Hampshire Police/PA) PA Wire Sentencing Kaur, Judge William Mousley KC said: “A responsible parent would have challenged their son over their actions and encourage them to do the right thing. “Instead you took the knife home and put it with a larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons in your son’s bedroom. “That would have helped to conceal what it had been used for. “This is because you wanted him to avoid being caught.” The judge said her actions at Belmont Road before and after taking the dagger away “added to your son’s pretence that he had done nothing wrong and that he was the victim”. When police arrived at the murder scene in Southampton, Digwa falsely claimed Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off, causing officers to arrest and handcuff the student before they saw his fatal injuries. The court heard the knife was recovered after examination of CCTV, and determined by the police to be the murder weapon about a week after Mr Nowak was killed.

Furthermore, The judge acknowledged that Kaur is unlikely to reoffend and her actions were “mistakenly, to protect your son rather than for any personal gain”. The alleged weapons offences took place on December 4, 2025, at the family's home on St Denys Road in the Hampshire city. Digwa denied owning weapons including two flick knives, an extendable baton, eight knuckle dusters, three machetes, a traditional Japanese weapon, three ninja swords and 37 other swords.

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Grab from body-worn police video of Vickrum Digwa lying to officers that he had been ‘racially attacked’ by student Henry Nowak (Hampshire Police/PA) PA Wire Sentencing Kaur, Judge William Mousley KC said: “A responsible parent would have challenged their son over their actions and encourage them to do the right thing. “Instead you took the knife home and put it with a larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons in your son’s bedroom. “That would have helped to conceal what it had been used for. “This is because you wanted him to avoid being caught.” The judge said her actions at Belmont Road before and after taking the dagger away “added to your son’s pretence that he had done nothing wrong and that he was the victim”.
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When police arrived at the murder scene in Southampton, Digwa falsely claimed Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off, causing officers to arrest and handcuff the student before they saw his fatal injuries.
according to The Guardian - UK
The court heard the knife was recovered after examination of CCTV, and determined by the police to be the murder weapon about a week after Mr Nowak was killed.
according to Evening Standard - News
The judge acknowledged that Kaur is unlikely to reoffend and her actions were “mistakenly, to protect your son rather than for any personal gain”.
according to Evening Standard - News
The alleged weapons offences took place on December 4, 2025, at the family's home on St Denys Road in the Hampshire city.
according to Daily Mail +1
Digwa denied owning weapons including two flick knives, an extendable baton, eight knuckle dusters, three machetes, a traditional Japanese weapon, three ninja swords and 37 other swords.
according to Daily Mail +1