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The Court of Appeal has confirmed that Vickrum Digwa, convicted of murdering student Henry Nowak, is attempting to challenge both his conviction and sentence. Digwa was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years in June, following his fatal stabbing of the 18-year-old in Southampton last December.
The sentence imposed on Digwa has already drawn attention when the Solicitor General, Ellie Reeves, referred it to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that it was “unduly lenient.” Despite this referral, the court revealed on Friday that Digwa himself is pursuing an appeal against the conviction and the punishment he received. Currently, no dates have been fixed for either Digwa’s appeal or the Solicitor General’s effort to seek a harsher sentence, and specific details of Digwa’s grounds for appeal have not been disclosed.
Following the stabbing, Digwa falsely claimed to the police that he was the victim of a racist attack. The case took a wider significance after police body-worn camera footage emerged showing officers handcuffing Digwa while he was lying injured and struggling to breathe, rather than administering first aid. This footage ignited protests, highlighting concerns about the response by law enforcement.
At the sentencing hearing at Southampton Crown Court, Henry’s father, Mark Nowak, spoke emotionally about the stark contrast between how the officers treated Digwa and how his son was treated during the incident, describing it as “unbearable.” In addition to the murder charge, Digwa was also convicted of carrying a knife in public. Meanwhile, his mother, Kiran Kaur, aged 53, was found guilty of assisting an offender for her role in attempting to conceal the knife used in the attack. She is scheduled to be sentenced on 17 July
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