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Henry Nowak

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rolloverbeethoven · 30/05/2026 15:18

Heard of him? Probably not, because there seems to be an almost complete news blackout about him. Basically the police handcuffed him and let him bleed out because they thought he may have said something racist - he didn't, it was a lie told by his murderer. Henry was 18.

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2dogsandabudgie · Today 08:40

Ipsevenenabibas · Today 08:38

The Dickwa family are a disgrace to the entire human race not just the Sikh community.

If the family helped cover it up, does anyone know if they faced charges for police obstruction or aiding and abetting a crime?

summermidnightsun · Today 08:40

The police released the footage after 10pm which would be too late for the morning papers (probably on purpose).

Only GB News seemed to be covering it last night and even the ‘right wing’ newspapers didn’t seem to have a story on their websites for ages, or the footage was just added and buried to existing stories. If it wasn’t for X these stories would be even more hidden.

CaesarAugusta · Today 08:41

JuliaBraverman · Today 07:55

The post that you quoted was in regards to the police and authorities looking the other way when thousands of girls mainly white have been raped and abused Mainly by Pakistani man

Funny how people who bang this drum take no interest whatsoever in cases involving white perpetrators, e.g. . Apparently rape doesn't count in those cases.

summermidnightsun · Today 08:41

2dogsandabudgie · Today 08:40

If the family helped cover it up, does anyone know if they faced charges for police obstruction or aiding and abetting a crime?

Only the mother for hiding the knife. She will be sentenced next month.

Ipsevenenabibas · Today 08:41

RonniePickering · Today 08:13

Kirpan absolutely wants banning. Lunacy to allow people to walk around with a blade in the name of religion in the UK.

But ...but...human rights....

MurunBuchstansangursCousinRossiter · Today 08:42

The killer, his brother and his mother should all be locked up for life. That poor poor boy.

I had no idea that laws of the land about carrying offensive weapons didn’t apply if you are religious. That’s insane.

As for the poster saying we don’t know whether Henry racially abused the killers - SHAME ON YOU.

JuliaBraverman · Today 08:42

Barleypilaf · Today 08:40

I actually donate to the Guardian to fund journaliem. No more.

It is blatant racism. Henry could have been my son but was not believed because he was white.

The Guardian increasingly has become the lowest of the low … its reporting is worse than the BBC which is not easy.

JaneFondue · Today 08:42

2dogsandabudgie · Today 08:40

If the family helped cover it up, does anyone know if they faced charges for police obstruction or aiding and abetting a crime?

The mother has. I hope the brother does too.

The dad apparently was kept in the dark and had no idea.

Wishing14 · Today 08:43

Anti-racism discourse has caused and continues to cause harm. We had it right before when we said skin colour doesn’t matter and we should judge people on who they are, their actions and values. Now we have a victim mentality with groups competing to be the most victimised and therefore more worthy, I personally think DEI is well meaning but flawed and does more harm than good.

drifoodragon · Today 08:44

JaneFondue · Today 08:28

You have chosen an alarming image. Most Sikhs do not carry sharp and long kirpans round their necks. It's a symbol, only, because the first Sikh guru carried one..Like a cross. It is not meant to be used to attack.

It's quite misplaced to focus on the Sikh community for knife crime, when most knife crime is overwhelmingly carried out by other communities. Banning kirpans will do nothing to reduce knife crime and will be a token move only.

Dickwa was an aberration.

Like a cross đŸ˜‚đŸ˜†
As far as I'm aware, people don't carry around crosses with the intention of crucifying someone they want to target while walking down the street. People who wear cross necklaces would find it rather cumbersome to use the pendant as a weapon against others. The Sikh kirpan is an actual blade, a weapon. So while it has symbolic meaning it is also a dangerous weapon. Your comparison is a tad facile and misleading.

Ipsevenenabibas · Today 08:44

Barleypilaf · Today 08:36

I just checked the Guardian and the story is nowhere to be found on either the homepage or even the UK page. There is a buried article from yesterday but apparently not worthy to be a top UK story.

This is appalling and frankly racist bias. The victim of a stabbing and police incompetence is not deemed worthy of being covered because it is a young white British male.

It's the guardian what did you expect?

CaesarAugusta · Today 08:45

Barleypilaf · Today 08:36

I just checked the Guardian and the story is nowhere to be found on either the homepage or even the UK page. There is a buried article from yesterday but apparently not worthy to be a top UK story.

This is appalling and frankly racist bias. The victim of a stabbing and police incompetence is not deemed worthy of being covered because it is a young white British male.

It took me all of 20 seconds to find it linked on the front page. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/28/vickrum-digwa-guilty-southampton-student-henry-nowak

JuliaBraverman · Today 08:45

CaesarAugusta · Today 08:41

Funny how people who bang this drum take no interest whatsoever in cases involving white perpetrators, e.g. . Apparently rape doesn't count in those cases.

It counts in all cases but you cannot deny that the vast majority of men involved in the rape gangs are Pakistani so stop being a denier

drifoodragon · Today 08:46

JaneFondue · Today 08:42

The mother has. I hope the brother does too.

The dad apparently was kept in the dark and had no idea.

How did I guess! A mummy's boy, I knew it. Despicable. The mother as bad as the cold blooded, sly murderer.

Wishing14 · Today 08:46

@CaesarAugustathe piece is all about defending the police and Sikh community.

JuliaBraverman · Today 08:47

drifoodragon · Today 08:44

Like a cross đŸ˜‚đŸ˜†
As far as I'm aware, people don't carry around crosses with the intention of crucifying someone they want to target while walking down the street. People who wear cross necklaces would find it rather cumbersome to use the pendant as a weapon against others. The Sikh kirpan is an actual blade, a weapon. So while it has symbolic meaning it is also a dangerous weapon. Your comparison is a tad facile and misleading.

I’ve never heard of anyone being harmed by a necklace

dumpti · Today 08:47

SpaceRaccoon · Today 08:28

Were all the police at the scene blind then?

Schrödinger's Henry - both so well looking they handcuffed him and dragged him about, and so unwell he'd have died anyway according to their boss.

It was dark. He was wearing a dark t-shirt. The bleeding that killed him was internal.

None of that excuses the police not checking him over more thoroughly, but it does help to explain it.

Northermcharn · Today 08:48

JaneFondue · Today 08:42

The mother has. I hope the brother does too.

The dad apparently was kept in the dark and had no idea.

According to the judge he tried to help HN.

Wishing14 · Today 08:49

@CaesarAugustai also cannot see the story on the front page of the website

Ipsevenenabibas · Today 08:49

@JaneFondue you have stated you're not a sikh and have no need for any religion. Strange that suddenly you are able to state that virtually no sikhs carry dangerous knives, that this digwa is the only exception. How many sikhs do you actually know? Have you inspected the kirpans that they carry? You sure that from all the sikhs you know and all the kirpans you have inspected that in a moment of rage they wouldn't be used in an act of violence? Asserting yourself in this way is ridiculous. Your imagination is not evidence for such claims.

JaneFondue · Today 08:49

drifoodragon · Today 08:44

Like a cross đŸ˜‚đŸ˜†
As far as I'm aware, people don't carry around crosses with the intention of crucifying someone they want to target while walking down the street. People who wear cross necklaces would find it rather cumbersome to use the pendant as a weapon against others. The Sikh kirpan is an actual blade, a weapon. So while it has symbolic meaning it is also a dangerous weapon. Your comparison is a tad facile and misleading.

As I have said again and again, he wasn't killed with a kirpan.
But with a knife the killer was not obligated to carry, but did because he was a psychotic.

Barleypilaf · Today 08:49

CaesarAugusta · Today 08:45

It took me all of 20 seconds to find it linked on the front page. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/28/vickrum-digwa-guilty-southampton-student-henry-nowak

Where???!

I have just opened the app and I can’t see it shown as any one of the top stories.

Do you think the Guardian would show the same prominence if the police has handcuffed a dying Sikh man? Really?????

RonniePickering · Today 08:50

dumpti · Today 08:47

It was dark. He was wearing a dark t-shirt. The bleeding that killed him was internal.

None of that excuses the police not checking him over more thoroughly, but it does help to explain it.

Yeah, just ignore that slash mark on his face, mention the blood but carry on ignoring it hey.

summermidnightsun · Today 08:50

dumpti · Today 08:47

It was dark. He was wearing a dark t-shirt. The bleeding that killed him was internal.

None of that excuses the police not checking him over more thoroughly, but it does help to explain it.

He literally told them several times he’d been stabbed. And that he couldn’t breathe. The footage shows someone else told the police when they arrived that he had blood in his mouth. It’s not like they weren’t told.

Were the police so dumb they didn’t think about the possibility of internal bleeding? Were they that inexperienced? They dragged him across the gravel and just wanted to handcuff him as soon as possible.

italianlondongirl · Today 08:50

TooBigForMyBoots · Today 01:24

That is why it has been headline news for the past week. All of the national news corporations covered it because it is such an unusual case.

@rolloverbeethoven began this thread claiming there seems to be an almost complete news blackout. That was last Friday, by which point Henry Nowak's murder had already made the front pages.

Even today, as most news channels were feeding live from the courtroom, people have come to this thread making similar claims.

The notion of the media actively avoided reporting on this case, is conspiracy theory nonsense.

But was it widely reported when it happened in December? That’s the point that is being made

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