The convicted killer of Henry Nowak joined his father and brother in court via video link as prosecutors laid out details of the extensive weapons cache police recovered from the family home just twenty-four hours after the fatal attack on the eighteen-year-old university student. Vickrum Digwa, who received a life sentence with a minimum of twenty-one years in June 2026 for the stabbing that occurred on 3 December 2025, denied seven counts of possessing offensive weapons alongside Moga Singh, aged fifty-two, and Gurpreet Digwa, aged twenty-seven.

The charges relate to items including thirty-seven swords, three machetes, three ninja swords, eight pairs of knuckle dusters, two flick knives, an extendable baton and a manriki-gusari Japanese chain weapon found during the raid on 4 December. The timing of the search, coming immediately after the murder in which Digwa used a blade he described as a religious kirpan, has been described in court proceedings as highly significant.

Father and son who appeared in person were released on unconditional bail while Vickrum remained in custody serving his existing sentence. The case has been adjourned for further preparation, with a full trial expected to last four to five weeks when it proceeds in 2027. Legal observers note that the volume of weapons involved far exceeds typical personal collections and includes several items that are either prohibited or heavily restricted under UK law. The proceedings have reignited public discussion in Southampton about the original murder investigation, during which Digwa falsely portrayed Henry Nowak as the aggressor who had racially abused him, resulting in the dying victim being handcuffed by responding officers. As forensic analysis of the seized weapons continues and the family maintains its not-guilty position, the community waits for a comprehensive account that might explain the presence of such an arsenal in the home of a man later convicted of using a blade in a street k*lling.

Source: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/grim-new-footage-reveals-lies-told-by-henry-nowaks-killer/news-story/8a17595483ff9772e11cf2467235b54e