Why Was Henry Nowak Handcuffed By Police As He Lay Dying?
6/2/202644 min
Today, the Prime minister says he “felt sick” as he watched the body cam footage of a student who was handcuffed as he lay dying.
The 18-year-old Southampton student Henry Nowak was handcuffed after Vickrum Digwa, 23, lied to police at the scene of the 2025 stabbing, claiming he had been the victim of a racist attack. Shabana Mahmood described the murder as an "an act of pure evil” and described bodycam footage of officers handcuffing Nowak as "disturbing and tragic".
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Hello. Just a warning that the first half of today's episode of Newscast includes a conversation about the death of Henry Novak, and that bodycam footage from the police which shows his last moments, moments which included police officers handcuffing him, placing him under arrest, and reading him his rights. A piece of video that's quite harrowing to listen to, so just a warning that we will play some of it. But we'll mainly be talking about the political reaction to the dramatic video,