Newly released footage from the Crown Prosecution Service shows murderer Vickrum Digwa instructing his mother, Kiran Kaur, to take away the knife he used to kill Henry Nowak, a week after Kaur was jailed for three years for helping conceal the murder weapon.
The Crown Prosecution Service has released footage showing the moment Vickrum Digwa told his mother to remove the knife used to kill Henry Nowak from the scene of the murder. The video was released a week after Digwa’s mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, of St Denys Road, Southampton, was sentenced to three years in prison at Southampton Crown Court for assisting an offender. Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years on 1 June for the murder of 18-year-old finance student Henry Nowak, having falsely claimed that Mr Nowak had racially abused him.
What the footage shows
The clip, recorded on Digwa’s phone with the camera pointed at the ground, captures him speaking to Kaur in Punjabi on the night of the murder, 3 December 2025. According to a transcript released by the CPS, Digwa is heard saying “Take this,” in reference to the knife. The judge in Kaur’s case said she removed not only the knife but also its sheath and belt after being instructed by her son to take them away from the scene at Belmont Road.
Jurors found Kaur guilty in May of taking the weapon back to the family home, where it remained for seven days before being recovered by police during their investigation. The CPS said Kaur’s actions represented a deliberate attempt to obstruct the investigation by concealing crucial evidence following the killing.
Sentencing remarks
Sentencing Kaur on 17 July, Judge William Mousley KC told her that when Digwa instructed her to remove the murder weapon, “by then you knew or believed that he had stabbed and injured Henry.” He added: “A responsible parent would have challenged their son over their actions and encourage them to do the right thing.” Instead, the judge said, Kaur took the knife home and placed it among a “larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons in your son’s bedroom,” an act he said would have helped conceal its use because she wanted her son to “avoid being caught.”
The judge said Kaur’s actions before and after removing the dagger “added to your son’s pretence that he had done nothing wrong and that he was the victim,” and contributed to what he described as the “degradation of Henry being arrested when he was dying.” Despite this, the judge accepted that Kaur was unlikely to reoffend and had acted to protect her son rather than for any personal gain, though he said the seriousness of her actions still warranted an immediate custodial sentence.
Ongoing proceedings
The CPS confirmed that criminal proceedings remain ongoing against two other family members, Digwa’s father, Moga Singh, and his brother, Gurpreet Digwa. Separately, the Independent Office for Police Conduct continues to investigate Hampshire Police’s handling of the incident, following anger over the release of police body-worn video showing Mr Nowak, from Chafford Hundred, Essex, being placed in handcuffs moments before he lost consciousness and later died.
Digwa’s 21-year minimum term has also been referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, where judges will now consider whether the sentence should be increased.
Family’s response
Following Kaur’s sentencing, Mr Nowak’s family said in a statement that they remain “incredibly disappointed” and vowed they will “never give up in our campaign for justice for Henry.” The statement continued: “Our focus is on making sure the ongoing investigations leave no stone unturned as we fight for the full truth about what happened last December, and we continue to urge the Government to deliver the changes our wonderful son deserves.”
