Man guilty of murdering student with ceremonial knife

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Man guilty of murder over Sikh blade stabbingJust now Share Save Add as preferred on GoogleCurtis Lancasterat Southampton Crown CourtBBCA man who stabbed a university student to death with a ceremonial knife as he walked home from a night out has been found guilty of murder. Vickrum Digwa used a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith to kill 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton on 3 December. Digwa, 23, claimed he acted in self defence after the teenager used a racist insult, punched him and knocked his turban off, Southampton Crown Court heard.

However, the jury rejected this defence and found him guilty of murder. Digwa was also found guilty of carrying a knife in public and his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was found guilty of assisting an offender. Kaur appeared visibly upset in the dock as the verdict was read out, while Digwa showed little emotion and gazed out into the courtroom.

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