Henry Nowak killer Vickrum Digwa has sentence increased after claiming it was 'excessive'
Vickrum Digwa, 23, who murdered 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in Southampton last year, is challenging the length of his sentence at the Court of Appeal
Covered by 6 sources from United Kingdom. First reported by Daily Mail ·
Headlines compared
Common ground: most headlines mention “Henry Nowak's killer's”, “sentence” and “family”.
Different angles:
- Daily Mail “accuse some politicians of playing”
- Evening Standard “bid to reduce”
- The Independent “unduly lenient”
4 of 6 headlines quote someone directly.
How 6 newspapers cover this story
Henry Nowak's family say 18-year-old 'would have hated' riots and accuse some politicians of playing a 'game' with his murder
Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, was handcuffed by police as he lay dying when his attacker falsely accused him of racial abuse in Southampton last December.
Henry Nowak's family says teenager 'would have hated the riots over his death'
Henry Nowak, who was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa last year, was handcuffed by police as he lay dying when his attacker falsely accused him of racial abuse
· Henry Nowak's family condemn his killer's 'ludicrous' appeal
· Henry Nowak killer Vickrum Digwa has sentence increased after claiming it was 'excessive'
Henry Nowak's killer's appeal 'ludicrous', says family
Vickrum Digwa, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Henry Nowak, appeals his sentence.
· Henry Nowak’s killer has minimum term increased to 25 years by Court of Appeal
Henry Nowak killer’s bid to reduce murder sentence to be heard
Vickrum Digwa is appealing against the length of his sentence as ‘manifestly excessive’.
· Vickrum Digwa’s sentence for Henry Nowak murder increased at Court of Appeal
· Henry Nowak’s killer Vickrum Digwa has prison term increased at Court of Appeal
· Henry Nowak’s family calls for changes to knife laws in emotional documentary
Henry Nowak’s killer should have had longer sentence, court of appeal hears
Vickrum Digwa also challenging the length of his jail term, with his KC describing it as ‘manifestly excessive’ Vickrum Digwa, the killer of Henry Nowak, should have received a longer sentence because of his false accusations of racism against his victim and his abuse of a religious right to carry a knife, the court…
Henry Nowak's killer has 'unduly lenient' sentence increased
The minimum term of Vickrum Digwa’s life sentence was increased following a Court of Appeal ruling on Thursday
· Henry Nowak's killer has 'unduly lenient' jail sentence increased
Coverage details
6 outlets from United Kingdom are covering this story: Daily Mail, The Mirror, BBC News, Evening Standard and 2 more. Daily Mail published it first, on November 3, 2026; the last outlet to join was The Independent, 2 days later.
Key names in the coverage: Henry Nowak, Vickrum Digwa and Court of Appeal.
In total 15 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.
