Murdered student Henry Nowak told police 'I can't breathe' while handcuffed

An 18-year-old pupil who was handcuffed arsenic helium laic dying aft being stabbed told officers "I can't breathe" 9 times, his begetter has said.

The slayer of Southampton assemblage pupil Henry Nowak, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, lied to constabulary attending the country of the stabbing successful December 2025, that helium had been the unfortunate of a racist attack.

The lawyer general's bureau is considering the jailhouse condemnation fixed to Digwa aft receiving "multiple requests" to reappraisal it nether the unduly lenient condemnation (ULS) scheme.

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The proceedings heard that Digwa lied to police, falsely claiming helium was the unfortunate and alleging helium had been subjected to racist abuse.

Bodycam footage released by the force, with the family's permission, appears to amusement Nowak, who had received 2 stab wounds connected the backmost his legs and a fatal coiled to his heart, pleading, "I've been stabbed" portion helium is being handcuffed.

In the footage a constabulary serviceman arriving astatine the country tin beryllium heard asking: "What's your name, mate?" earlier Mr Nowak, who is lying connected his backmost connected the ground, faintly replies: "Henry."

Digwa past steps into the framework claiming Mr Nowak had taken his turban disconnected and grabbed him by the hair.

The serviceman asks Digwa: "Are you injured?" to which Digwa replies: "Yeah, yeah, I've got a swollen oculus here, a small bruise here."

Officers past crook to Nowak who tin beryllium heard grunting and repeating "I've been stabbed" and past "I can't breathe" portion helium is made to beryllium up to beryllium handcuffed.

The serviceman tin beryllium heard asking: "You've been stabbed, whereabouts?" earlier adding: "Don't deliberation you have, mate."

While being handcuffed, Nowak says "I can't breathe" different 3 times.

The serviceman tin beryllium heard saying: "He says he's been stabbed, truthful let's conscionable cheque him" and appears to concisely assistance his garment astir the loop country earlier Nowak is near to prevarication connected his side.

A pistillate serviceman tin past beryllium heard asking: "Where bash you deliberation he's been stabbed? In the face?" to which a antheral dependable replies: "He hasn't been stabbed."

Nowak, who seems unresponsive, is past told helium is being arrested for assault.

Reform UK person Nigel Farage said radical should respond with "pure acold rage" to the attraction of Nowak.

In a connection helium said that "Henry's household person responded to this successful conscionable the astir extraordinarily dignified way".

"This is wrong. All the values and standards of surviving successful a escaped state wherever everybody is judged arsenic earlier the instrumentality person been trashed and thrown away," helium added.

Conservative person Kemi Badenoch accused Mr Farage of deepening divisions arsenic she argued that constabulary should dainty everyone arsenic careless of race.

A spokesperson for the lawyer wide said: "We person received aggregate requests for Vickrum Digwa's condemnation to beryllium considered nether the unduly lenient condemnation scheme.

"The instrumentality officers person 28 days from sentencing to cautiously see the lawsuit and marque a decision."

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones described Novak's decease arsenic a "national tragedy".

The Conservative person said she had written to the premier minster calling for an "urgent reappraisal connected the carrying of bladed articles for spiritual and ceremonial purposes".

The Home Office has been approached for remark and a ministerial connection is expected later.

The officers who were called to the execution country are inactive being treated arsenic witnesses by watchdog the IOPC.

IOPC manager Derrick Campbell said: " We admit that this lawsuit has raised questions astir the actions of the attending officers and we are alert that a fewer minutes of constabulary body-worn footage has been issued by the unit pursuing the decision of transgression proceedings.

"As portion of our ongoing probe we are reviewing a ample magnitude of constabulary body-worn footage, which we request to see successful discourse with different grounds we person obtained, including reviewing worldly presented during the execution trial, arsenic we found the afloat circumstances."