Murder of Henry Nowak

pWotD Episode 3318: Murder of Henry Nowak Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 463,123 views on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 our article of the day is Murder of Henry Nowak.On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, a white 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton, England. Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, cut and stabbed Nowak a total of five times with a dagger. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa accused Nowak of assault, and officers handcuffed Nowak. Police body‑worn camera footage showed Nowak repeatedly telling the officers that he couldn’t breathe, proclaiming that he had been stabbed and pleading for help, to which an officer replied with, "I don't think you have [been stabbed] mate." He died shortly after being handcuffed.Shortly before the stabbing, Nowak had filmed Digwa walking away from him during a verbal altercation. Digwa maintained that he acted in self-defence after Nowak continued pursuing him, apparently made racist remarks, and punched him, to which there is no evidence, leading prosecutors to agree that these allegations were baseless and fabricated in an attempt to justify Digwa's stabbing.The jury convicted Digwa of murder on 28 May 2026. Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, was found guilty of assisting an offender. The judge rejected Digwa's accusations that Nowak had physically or racially abused him. Digwa received a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years. The police response to the crime, recorded on body‑worn cameras, was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:11 UTC on Wednesday, 3 June 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Murder of Henry Nowak on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @[email protected] check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Olivia.