Henry Nowak

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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.

Sorry for the long copy paste of text but omg the guardian they really can't help themselves can they.

"And, third, rightwingers have claimed that the police response to the incident shows that the police are biased against white people and that a system of “two-tier” justice is in force. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and others in his party have been making this argument aggressively for some days, and this morning Farage delivered a TV statement about it. (In normal circumstances Farage would hold a press conference, but in recent weeks Farage has become very relectant to take questions from journalists, presumably because he does not like being asked about the £5m he got from Christopher Harborne which he failed to declare, and where he got the money for his £1.4m house.)"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/02/peter-mandelson-keir-starmer-labour-leadership-snp-peter-murrell-latest-news-updates

At 13:31

Please note that the judge extended Digwas sentence for carrying that knife. He did not consider it an extenuating circumstance, religion or not.

My response concerns some people being allowed to carry offensive weapons for religious reasons, which is entirely relevant.

You claimed issues are bigger in non- leafy suburbs. What issues?

Never before has a kirpan been used by a Sikh. The Sikhs are not a community that has failed to integrate. They fought for Britain in two wars. Their gurudwaras help the homeless. As the prosecutor and Nowak's family remarked.

I don’t think it’s about Sikhs per se. It’s about equality and treating everyone the same. The law should be the same for everyone

So what if a kirpan has never been used before? It has been now. If he wasn't allowed to legally carry it maybe he wouldn't have been carrying a knife and Henry would be alive today. Or perhaps he would still have routinely carried a knife and come to the attention of police.

Has anyone ever died from being pepper sprayed by a woman? Why aren't we allowed to carry that if Sikhs are allowed potentially lethal weapons?

I didn't say that, read my post again I said that this unequal policing has been allowed because too many people live comfortably so the few who aren't risk don't get considered. It's easy to brush it off as 'ok it's ok if it's someone's religion' if it doesn't affect you or your community directly. Same with women's rights, domestic violence, tax avoiding businesses, all brushed under the carpet to avoid offence.

Yes

See Jane you keep making these big statements as though it's a matter of fact, and you're wrong. Again. Just a quick Google tells me...copy and pasted :-

Southampton, UK (December 2025/May 2026 Trial): Vickrum Singh Digwa (23) was convicted of murdering an 18-year-old university student, Henry Nowak, in Southampton. Digwa stabbed the victim multiple times with an 8-inch shastar (a traditional blade). He then falsely claimed to police that he had acted in self-defense and was a victim of a racist attack, which resulted in police mistakenly handcuffing the dying student. Digwa was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. Read the official sentencing remarks on the <a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Digwa-Final-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiT__D20uiUAxXma0EAHR0YCAUQy_kOegoIAggACAEIDRAC&opi=89978449&cd&psig=AOvVaw1Q5LE4D-wtLi9_592BPkU9&ust=1780492864299000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Courts and Tribunals Judiciary page, or read more on the <a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d2w411rgro&ved=2ahUKEwiT__D20uiUAxXma0EAHR0YCAUQy_kOegoIAggACAEIDRAD&opi=89978449&cd&psig=AOvVaw1Q5LE4D-wtLi9_592BPkU9&ust=1780492864299000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC News report. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Leicester, UK (July 2019): Sulakhan Singh (39) fatally stabbed his colleague, Sukhwinder Singh, multiple times during a violent dispute at a refurbishment property in Leicester. He was convicted of murder and possession of a bladed article, and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 22 years. 1]
Ilford, London (October 2020): Gurjeet Singh (30) was involved in an altercation where he was cornered and attacked by a group of men armed with knives and a hammer. During the violent clash, Singh produced a knife and stabbed three of the attackers to death. Read more about the aftermath on <a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=www.facebook.com/Punjab2000/posts/gurjeet-singh-30-stabbed-three-men-to-death-as-they-attacked-him-he-has-become-t/10158860968188330/&ved=2ahUKEwiT__D20uiUAxXma0EAHR0YCAUQy_kOegoIAggACAEIDRAN&opi=89978449&cd&psig=AOvVaw1Q5LE4D-wtLi9_592BPkU9&ust=1780492864299000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Punjab 2000. 1]
Gravesend, UK (July 2024): A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a disturbance at a gurdwara (Sikh temple) where two people sustained injuries from a reported sword or bladed weapon. 1]
Duisburg, Germany (April 2026): Violent clashes broke out inside a gurdwara among attendees, with reports that individuals brandished kirpans, knives, and firearms, resulting in multiple injuries. 1]

I think you’re focusing on Sikhs rather than Henry but it makes sense to review who can carry a weapon.

Now it has been used in this way.

I'm very late to the thread, but his hand is so white in that video. It should have been obvious something was wrong.

Because people have commented on this and other threads about Sikhs. How terribly dangerous and religious they are. The other thread is worse, actually.

I think I have commented about Henry, if you look.

On a population level not everyone is dangerously but we still don’t allow carrying of weapons. The same should be applied.

Rarely then? Will that do? Googling obsessively is your thing, not mine..
All the knife crime and shoplifting in my area is by black and white gangs. Not prompted by religion.
I am absolutely going to fight back against people framing this as a religious issue. It's knife crime.

Yeah rarely is better Jane, thanks.

Cor, for a none religious person you are quite the soldier for religious rights!

Personally, I am religious but I don't believe any religion should be above the law. So I have no problem with Sikhs, but for equality purposes I think it's wrong they are allowed to carry weapons. Anyhow! Nice chatting with you.

On another issue, do people think that parents should be held responsible for childrens crimes? Not in all cases.
But in this case and the Southport case, parents clearly ignored violent behaviour and stockpiling of weapons. Will that curb knife crime?

He didn't lose his life because of it. He had 1200ml of blood in his chest cavity and the pathologist was clear that no emergency treatment at the scene would have allowed access to the vein that had been pierced. He would have bled out before he got to hospital, regardless of whether an ambulance had been called immediately.

However, it's tragic that he spent his last moments being arrested.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15867095/Henry-Nowaks-killer-police-radar-stealing-weapons.html

The sikh community had raised concerns and unsurprisingly the police did sweet FA. They have a lot to answer for.

Handcuffed, ignored and arrested.

Sadly true

I don't know how you arrive at a scene with someone bleeding wildly and go 'yeah, there's our bad guy' but here we are

He wasn't bleeding wildly. He had some blood on his face, consistent with the perpetrator's lie that he'd fallen from the bin. The fatal injury bled internally into his lung cavity.

The response was ‘don’t think you have mate’.

I can’t breathe 9 times and I’ve been stabbed four times, until he died.

”Some blood on his face” was a slash mark from the blade. They didn’t assess the situation at all.

RIP Henry Nowak.🙏
I am so sorry our country failed to protect you.