Kiran Kaur, the Indian mother of Henry Nowak’s murderer, Vickrum Digwa, has been sentenced to three years in prison for removing the murder weapon from the scene.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Kiran Kaur, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison at Southampton Crown Court for assisting her son, Vickrum Digwa, after he murdered white student Henry Nowak. Kaur removed the murder weapon, a Sikh religious dagger, from the scene, contributing to the delay in justice for the victim’s family. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “A responsible parent would have challenged their son over their actions and encouraged them to do the right thing. Instead, you took the knife home and put it with other weapons in your son’s bedroom.” – Judge William Mousley KC 📺 DETAIL: Sentencing Kaur at Southampton Crown Court, Judge William Mousley KC said Henry Nowak was a “much-loved young man” and told her that, instead of encouraging her son to take responsibility, she removed the murder weapon and reinforced his false claim that he had done nothing wrong. The large dagger was later recovered from the family home and confirmed by police to be the murder weapon. Prosecutors said Kaur’s actions obstructed the investigation, accusing her of creating “a wall of lies” by failing to disclose what she had done, while the defense argued she acted instinctively after believing her son had been attacked and never attempted to destroy or conceal the knife permanently. Digwa, who was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of just 21 years for Nowak’s murder, was carrying the dagger when he fatally stabbed the teenager as he walked home from a football gathering with friends. In a statement, Nowak’s family said they were disappointed with Kaur’s sentence and vowed to continue campaigning for justice, while pressing for further investigations into the circumstances surrounding their son’s death. Notably, responding police officers roughly arrested Nowak instead of helping him when he reported he had been stabbed, because Digwa and his family falsely accused him of racism. He passed out and died shortly after being handcuffed. |
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