UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has implicitly criticised Washington for what his office described as “attempts to interfere” in British democratic discourse, after US Vice President JD Vance linked the murder of British teenager Henry Nowak to what he called “civilisational decline” and a failure to halt the “mass invasion of migrants”. The response came … Read more
A Sikh man jailed for murdering an 18-year-old student in Southampton had previously been reported to police over the alleged theft of ceremonial religious blades, the Daily Mail reported.Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of murdering Henry Nowak, 18, with an eight-inch kirpan in Southampton city centre in December 2025.Members … Read more
Rupert Lowe (left) and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (right) Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s … Read more
The man convicted of murdering 18-year-old Henry Nowak in a Southampton stabbing has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years.Vickrum Digwa, 23, received the sentence after a jury found him guilty of the December 2025 killing. Digwa, who carried a 21cm blade he said formed part of his Sikh faith, denied … Read more
The conviction of British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa for the murder of 18-year-old University of Southampton student Henry Nowak has sparked street protests over the legal right of Sikhs to carry kirpans in public.Around 40 members of protest group Southampton Patriots gathered outside Southampton Central Police Station on Thursday, demanding accountability over the police response … Read more
Some calls to ban the kirpan in the UK after the murder conviction of a man using a knife he claimed to carry for religious reasons “unfairly” targeted an entire community for the actions of a criminal, British Sikh groups have cautioned. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Henry Nowak, 18, with … Read more
Sikh organisations across the UK have issued a public statement urging people not to associate the Sikh faith with the ongoing murder trial linked to the death of 18-year-old University of Southampton student Henry Nowak.The statement, released by the British Sikh Federation , expressed condolences to Nowak’s family and described the incident as inconsistent with … Read more
A 23-year old Sikh man accused of fatally stabbing a university student in Southampton told a court he believed the teenager was about to use his ceremonial blade against him during a violent struggle in the street. Southampton Crown Court heard Henry Nowak, 18, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, died after an altercation on Belmont … Read more