A recording from a police vehicle captures Vickrum Digwa admitting to his brother that he stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton in 2025, contradicting his earlier claims of self-defense.<\/p>\n
BBC has obtained audio from a December 5, 2025, police vehicle recording. In the footage, Vickrum Digwa admits to his brother, Gurpreet, that he stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak multiple times in the chest, face, and shoulder. The transcript, translated from Punjabi to English, was included in trial records and provided to the BBC by the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n
Gurpreet questioned why his brother chose to use a knife rather than simply pushing or striking the victim. Vickrum responded by calling himself a fool. Much of their conversation focused on terminology; while Digwa carried a symbolic, small kirpan, the weapon used was a 21-centimeter blade traditionally carried by the Nihang order. Gurpreet instructed his brother to refer to the weapon only as a “kirpan” when speaking to investigators, a move that drew sharp criticism from Sikh community leaders for misrepresenting a religious symbol.<\/p>\n
Henry Nowak died in December 2025 after being stabbed in Southampton. Upon the arrival of authorities, Digwa falsely accused the victim of a racist attack. Police, misled by the perpetrator, initially handcuffed the bleeding 18-year-old and ignored his pleas for help. Local police have since apologized for the error.<\/p>\n
Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison in June, with eligibility for parole after 21 years; he is currently appealing the conviction. His father and brother face separate charges for the illegal possession of weapons, including machetes and swords found in their home. The mother of the accused is also facing trial, charged with disposing of the murder weapon at her son\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
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A recording from a police vehicle captures Vickrum Digwa admitting to his brother that he stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton in 2025, contradicting his earlier claims of self-defense. The Police Vehicle Confession BBC has obtained audio from a December 5, 2025, police vehicle recording. In the footage, Vickrum Digwa admits to his brother, Gurpreet, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}