Woman falsely identified as officer in Nowak case 'scared for safety'

Woman falsely identified as officer in Nowak case 'scared for safety'11 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKayleen Devlin & Kevin Nguyen,BBC VerifyandAndré Rhoden-PaulBBCChristi Hill said she is in a safe house after being misidentified as an officer involved in the Henry Nowak caseA former police officer wrongly identified as being at the scene of Henry Nowak's arrest and subsequent death has said she is scared for her safety and has been hiding in a safe house. Christi Hill said she left Hampshire Constabulary in April 2024 - more than a year before Nowak was fatally stabbed in December 2025 - and told BBC Verify she was wrongly identified by social media users and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, leading to "threats of violence".Hill criticised Grok, which is part of Elon Musk's xAI group, for the "chaos" it caused by misidentifying her, and Hampshire police for not publicly confirming she was not involved.Hampshire Constabulary and xAI have been approached for comment. There has been widespread outrage after bodycam footage showed police officers putting 18-year-old university student Nowak in handcuffs as he lay dying, after his killer Vickrum Digwa claimed he had been the victim of a racial attack. The footage showed the teenager repeatedly tell officers that he had been stabbed, with one replying: "I don't think so mate".Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years for murder.BBC Verify has also obtained evidence that current police officer Tristan Parsons, who was also wrongly accused online of being involved, was not in the country at the time of Nowak's murder.He is also in hiding. A jury inquest into Nowak's death next year will look at whether any "act or omission by a police officer" caused or contributed to his death in Southampton. Starmer accuses Musk of trying to whip up division over Henry Nowak murderHenry Nowak inquest to probe actions...