Protesters demand justice for Henry Nowak as over a thousand gather outside Southampton police station

Over a thousand protesters have gathered outside Southampton Central Police Station to demand action following the murder of Henry Nowak.

The 18-year-old finance student was killed on December 3 last year after walking home from a night out in Southampton.

He was stabbed five times, including a fatal wound to the chest, by a 21cm Sikh ceremonial blade.

The crowds gathered around 6pm this evening to hold a minute's silence for the teenager.

GB News understands there is a strong police presence at the protest, monitoring the perimeter.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary previously apologised for the treatment of the university student, who was handcuffed just moments before he died.

Following public outrage after harrowing footage of the 18-year-old's arrest was released last night, a police officer involved in the case has resigned.

Hampshire & the Isle of Wight Police confirmed three other police officers involved in his arrest remain in place.

A spokesman for the force said: "Three of the officers are still serving, one officer has resigned. As the IOPC has confirmed, they are all being treated as witnesses, so not subject to any current restrictions."

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years at Southampton Crown Court yesterday afternoon.

Digwa was found guilty of two charges, murder and carrying a knife in public.

Digwa’s mother, Kirun Kaur, also received a guilty verdict for assisting a defendant by removing the weapon from the scene.

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Nicholas Lobbenberg KC, prosecuting, told the court: "This was a sustained attack on an unarmed man. The defendant is skilled with weapons, he trained with weapons, he sleeps in a room with weapons, he searches for weapons on his phone."

He added: "The Crown says he is a man with a weapons obsession. He chose to use a weapon on the streets of Southampton, this demonstrates in his mind what he had was a weapon ready and available for his use."

The judge also addressed claims Mr Nowak had used a racist word against Digwa, which the killer's defence had used to aid Digwa in his case.

When addressing Digwa, he said: "I am sure that Henry said nothing racist. You are the only person to make that claim and it is completely at odds with his previous character."

The judge noted "Henry Nowak dying alone, humiliated and handcuffed was a direct consequence of Vickrum Digwa’s dishonesty" and Digwa's defence "describing Henry as a violent, drunk, racist aggressor, compounds the grief of the family".

Speaking to GB News, a Reverend at the protest said: "For me as a Reverend, I think it's important that we stand with the people and stand up for truth and righteousness and justice. And what we're getting very tired of seeing in our nation is basically our children being sacrificed on the altars of multiculturalism and political correctness.

"This is why I'm here today. People are tired, they're grieved, they're fed up. And when we saw the body cam footage only really highlighted, what we already suspected is that we have a political system that's so indoctrinated, even our police, that when they, with their natural eyes, see a man that's clearly in a state of distress, all they see is that he was a racist.

"We've got to get past this. We need to get past this whole kind of hysteria over the flag-waving, misogynistic, racist, bigoted white guy, which seems to be drummed into our political system, our education system, and sadly, in our constabulary.

He added: "I want to see justice in our nation again and practical policing."

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