{"id":171284,"date":"2026-05-29T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=171284"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:02:39","slug":"polisen-lat-henry-nowak-do-efter-rasistanklagelser-nu-doms-ljugande-mordaren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/polisen-lat-henry-nowak-do-efter-rasistanklagelser-nu-doms-ljugande-mordaren\/","title":{"rendered":"Police let Henry Nowak die after racist accusations - now lying killer is sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vickrum Digwa has now been convicted of the murder of Henry Nowak. The verdict means the jury rejects the killer's attempt to justify the killing and concludes that Henry was the victim. But at the same time, anger is growing over the scandal that unfolded after the knife attack - when the dying teenager was treated as a suspect while his killer managed to divert police attention in a completely different direction.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sg-ai-highlighted-block wp-block-paragraph\">After weeks of trial, the jury on Thursday found the Sikh <strong>Vickrum Digwa<\/strong> guilty of the murder of <strong>Henry Nowak<\/strong>, reports <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/28\/sorry-treating-dying-stab-victim-racist-hampshire-police\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_stab-victim-racist-hampshire-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>. At the same time, Digwa's mother was convicted of aiding a criminal by suppressing evidence after the killing. The verdict means that the person who long tried to portray himself as a victim has now been officially convicted of the murder of the teenager who was handcuffed by police as he lay dying.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum.jpg\" alt=\"The killer, Vickrum Singh. Photo: Hampshire police\/ PA Wire\" class=\"wp-image-171286 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.782071764756682;width:274px;height:auto\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum.jpg\" alt=\"The killer, Vickrum Singh. Photo: Hampshire police\/ PA Wire\" class=\"wp-image-171286\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.782071764756682;width:274px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum.jpg 506w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum-150x192.jpg 150w, https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Vickrum-300x384.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The killer, Vickrum Singh. Photo: Hampshire police\/ PA Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>As Henry pleaded for help, he was handcuffed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What has made the case famous far beyond Britain's borders is not just the murder. Equally shocking is what happened in the minutes when Henry Nowak was still fighting for his life. As Henry Nowak drowned in his own blood, Vickrum Digwa managed to shift the focus away from the knife attack by claiming he was the victim of \u201dracism\u201d. As the British justice system has become increasingly focused on combating so-called \u201dracism\u201d by Britons against immigrants, it acted quickly and detained Henry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Henry was the person who had been stabbed. According to reports in the case, he told police officers that he couldn't breathe, which has led many to draw <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JChimirie66677\/status\/2059999865455735230\">parallel <\/a><\/strong>to <strong>George Floyd<\/strong>s death in 2020, which led to huge anti-white protests worldwide under the slogan <em>Black Lives Matter<\/em>. Despite this, he was not treated as the obvious victim of the crime. Instead, the severely injured teenager was handcuffed while his condition deteriorated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after, he was dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Henry Said Please, Brother, I Can't Breathe. Nobody Took The Knee.<br><br>Henry Nowak lay bleeding to death in the middle of a Southampton street on December 4th 2025. He had been stabbed four times with an eight inch ceremonial knife by Vickrum Digwa, a man who had told arriving... <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N8R4xBPg2d\">pic.twitter.com\/N8R4xBPg2d<\/a><\/p>- Jim Chimirie \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@JChimirie66677) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JChimirie66677\/status\/2059999865455735230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is this part of the story that has made the case a national scandal. The criticism is not just about the police taking Digwa's allegations seriously. It is about the fact that a stabbed teenager who repeatedly said he could not breathe was handcuffed instead of being immediately treated as a victim in immediate danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many Britons, this is the image that has come to symbolize the whole case: Henry Nowak pleading for help and saying he couldn't breathe. At the same time, police attention was drawn to the story told by the man who has now been convicted of his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the brutality and the outrageous actions of the police, the government has remained silent. The Prime Minister <strong>Keir Starmer<\/strong>, who, among other things, expressed solidarity with Black Lives Matter and bowed the knee as an expression of white subjugation, has not mentioned Nowak with a word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FYI, this is kier Starmer, the prime minister of the UK, kneeling for fentanyl addict George Floyd, who died of an overdose.<br><br>He hasn't said a word about Henry Nowak, the British kid who was stabbed to death by an Indian man in his country. <br><br>Henry drowned in his own blood, and... <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eu0cqFmejI\">pic.twitter.com\/eu0cqFmejI<\/a><\/p>- Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ksorbs\/status\/2057642346049593666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The jury tore apart the killer's version<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the trial, Digwa tried to convince the jury that he acted in self-defense. The jury did not believe him. The conviction does not only mean that Digwa is convicted of murder. It also means that the person who identified Henry Nowak as the attacker is now himself convicted of his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many Britons, the verdict confirms what made the case so controversial in the first place. The focus was on the wrong person while the real perpetrator managed to portray himself as a victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elon Musk calls for police officers to be held accountable<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case has attracted international attention after Elon Musk repeatedly commented on it on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dUnbelievable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another post he wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dI will gladly fund a wrongful death lawsuit against these disgusting excuses for police officers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk has also called for the dismissal of the police officers involved and the release of body camera footage of the intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThis poor boy was running away from someone who had stabbed him and stolen his phone, but the police in the UK caught him instead of his killer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk's post has received millions of views and helped make the case known far beyond the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Digwa has now been convicted of murder, increasing attention is being focused on the officers who handcuffed Henry Nowak as he lay dying. Hampshire Constabulary is now the subject of an independent investigation, and there are growing calls for those responsible to be held to account for the decisions made during Henry's last minutes of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Attempt to shift focus after the judgment<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the ruling, several Sikh organizations published a joint <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SikhFedUK\/status\/2059991427694661917\">statement <\/a><\/strong>where they found that Digwa had been convicted of murder. However, they call the murder \u201da moment of madness\u201d rather than a cold-blooded act where the killer felt he could use the system to get away with accusing the victim of racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dHenry's life has been tragically cut short by a moment of madness from an individual for which there can be no excuses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But much of the statement is not about Henry Nowak or how a young man could die after being treated as a suspect. Instead, it focuses on how the Sikh community has been affected by the debate surrounding the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThe wider Sikh community has unacceptably suffered significant abuse and hatred during the trial.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many, this appears to be an attempt to shift the focus from the issue that has shocked the country. The central scandal is not that people have been outraged by the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The central scandal is that Henry Nowak was stabbed to death, that his killer has now been convicted - and that the killer's claim of \u201dracism\u201d determined police action in the minutes when Henry's life could still have been saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STATEMENT FROM SIKH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING TODAY'S VERDICT IN THE TRAGIC KILLING OF HENRY NOWAK<br><br>28 May 2026<br><br>Today the court has found Vickrum Digwa guilty of the murder of Henry Novak and his mother guilty of assisting an offender.... full statement below <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6at8ifsXu\">pic.twitter.com\/U6at8ifsXu<\/a><\/p>- Sikh Federation (UK) (@SikhFedUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SikhFedUK\/status\/2059991427694661917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The scandal is not over<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The verdict means that Vickrum Digwa is now a convicted murderer. For Henry Nowak's family, it means long-awaited legal redress after a long legal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most uncomfortable questions still remain. How could the police have prioritized the killer's story over the stabbed teenager who lay before them in mortal danger? Would Henry Nowak have had a better chance of survival if the police had immediately focused on his injuries instead of the allegations made by the man now convicted of murder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The independent investigation into the police actions is still ongoing. For many, it is no longer just about possible mistakes, but about whether the decisions taken at the scene contributed to Henry Nowak never coming home again.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police focused on racism charges and arrested the dying Henry Nowak. 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