Crime

Home Office Accused of Using Knife Laws as Deflection Tactic Over Henry Nowak Murder

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The Sikh Federation accused the Home Office of using knife laws to deflect from police failings.

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Henry Nowak was stabbed to death in Southampton last December by Vickrum Digwa.

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Community leaders stress the murder weapon was not a sacred Sikh kirpan.

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The Court of Appeal recently increased Digwa's minimum prison sentence from 21 to 25 years.

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