Henry Nowak’s killer should have had longer sentence, court of appeal hears

Vickrum Digwa also challenging the length of his jail term, with his KC describing it as ‘manifestly excessive’ Vickrum Digwa, the killer of Henry Nowak, should have received a longer sentence because of his false accusations of racism against his victim and his abuse of a religious right to carry a knife, the court of appeal has been told. Digwa, 23, was jailed in June for life with a minimum term of 21 years for murdering Nowak, 18, in an attack in Southampton in December last year. Continue reading...

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