TOI correspondent from London: A British Indian Sikh man is dealing with trial for murdering a British white pupil at Southampton College with a 21-inch knife.Henry Nowak (18), who was in his first 12 months finding out accountancy and finance, was strolling dwelling from an evening out with soccer mates when he was stabbed to dying.A autopsy examination discovered he suffered 4 stab wounds.Vickrum Digwa (23) from Southampton, a British nationwide, is charged with the homicide of Nowak and with possession of a bladed article in a public place.His mom Kiran Kaur (53), an Indian citizen, is charged with helping an offender by eradicating a weapon from the homicide scene. They each deny the fees.Southampton Crown Courtroom heard that Nowak had been sending Snapchat movies to mates as he walked dwelling in Southampton on Dec 3 final 12 months.Nicholas Lobbenberg KC, prosecuting, mentioned: “His telephone captures the second he met Vickrum Digwa who was carrying a particularly massive knife in a sheath,” ITV Information reported.The prosecutor mentioned in addition to the knife, Digwa had a kirpan round his neck. Neighbours heard Nowak say he had been stabbed and was dying, earlier than attempting to flee by climbing over a fence leaving a blood path. Digwa selected to aggressively pursue him, the prosecution mentioned. A video of the incident was discovered on Nowak’s telephone, later found in Digwa’s pocket.The mom was captured on video footage taking the knife again to their household dwelling in St Denys Street, Southampton, the place it was discovered by police.When police arrived, Digwa denied stabbing Nowak, claiming he had been racially abused and attacked by a drunken man.Police initially handcuffed Nowak and began giving him first assist when he collapsed and died.In his police interview Digwa mentioned Nowak had knocked his turban off and grabbed his hair and he had “stabbed out twice along with his kirpan” in self-defence.The court docket heard that footage of Nowak climbing over a fence confirmed Digwa with hair in a decent bun however when police had arrived, his hair was down.The trial continues.
