Murdered student 'did not die with dignity' says family

Murdered student 'did not die with dignity' says family18 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNikki MitchellSouth of England home affairs correspondentFamily PhotographHenry Nowak was arrested and handcuffed before police realised he had been stabbedThe family of murdered student, Henry Nowak, said they will carry their grief "every single day" for the rest of their lives and have called on the government to treat knife crime as a "national emergency".It comes after Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison, for a minimum of 21 years, for using a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith to stab the 18-year-old in Southampton in December.Digwa had lied to police about being the victim of a racist attack and officers arrested and handcuffed Nowak as he lay dying on the ground.The student's family called his treatment by police "inhumane and degrading". Hampshire police has apologised.Judge William Mousley KC told Southampton Crown Court he was sure that Nowak had not said anything racist to the Sikh man who killed him.Before sentencing Digwa, he told him his actions had "stirred up racial tension in Southampton and across the country which has made many Sikhs worried about their safety".Warning: This story contains details some may find upsettingPolice bodycam footage shows officers speaking to killer and handcuffing Henry Nowak as he lay dyingHenry's older sister, Olivia Nowak, called her brother, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, her "best friend" and said they had "an unbreakable bond" in a statement she read out in court about how his death has changed her life. She said: "The day we got the knock on the door to say my brother had passed, I don't think there are any words to describe that type of pain. A lot of myself died when he died."Henry was the most wonderful, funny, handsome, kind, precious, smart boy. He lit every room he wal...