Murderer of Henry Nowak shown in new footage lying about being racially attacked

The murderer of Henry Nowak, the student whose death sparked riots in Southampton , is seen lying to police officers about being racially attacked in newly released bodyworn camera footage. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years this month for stabbing the 18-year-old five times in December last year. When police arrived at the murder scene in Southampton, Digwa falsely claimed Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off, causing officers to arrest and handcuff the student before they saw his fatal injuries. The series of lies told by Digwa minutes after he had fatally stabbed the university student have been exposed in the footage seen for the first time on Friday. In the police footage, Digwa tells officers that Nowak obtained his bloody wounds either from a “punch” or because he “fell over” while climbing on bins. He can be heard lying to police about being racially attacked by Nowak, who he claims was “obviously drunk”. He claims Nowak attacked him and pulled his turban off. Digwa was not handcuffed when he was arrested for attempted murder in the footage, though Nowak had been handcuffed by the same officers minutes before. When Digwa complains in the footage about having been “racially attacked” as he is arrested, an officer tells him: “I know, I know, I know.” In the footage, Digwa’s father, Moga Singh, can be heard telling police: “My son’s just been assaulted. …