Man and mother convicted in Southampton student stabbing

A man has been found guilty of murdering a university student in Southampton last December. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was convicted at Southampton Crown Court of stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak five times with a ceremonial Sikh knife.

Nowak, a first-year finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out on December 3 when the attack occurred on Belmont Road. He suffered multiple stab wounds, including a fatal injury to his heart. Digwa was also found guilty of carrying a bladed weapon in public. His mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was convicted of assisting an offender by removing the weapon from the scene.

During the trial, Digwa claimed he acted in self-defense, alleging that Nowak had racially abused him, punched him, and knocked off his turban. He stated he stabbed Nowak in the legs after the student threatened him and grabbed his hair, but said he did not realize he had inflicted the fatal chest wound. The jury rejected this account.

Prosecution evidence included a Snapchat video recorded by Nowak moments before the attack, in which he filmed Digwa and said, "Go on, say you are a badman." Digwa responded, "I am a bad man," before approaching Nowak and...