Family Helped Cover Up Migrant’s M*rder Of Student Henry Nowak

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[00:00:00]I'm Christina Owaiye in Dallas, and here are your top stories. New details have been revealed in the trial of a migrant who was convicted of murdering a student by stabbing him five times with an 8-in knife. On May 28th, 23-year-old Vikram Diwah was convicted of murdering 18-year-old Henry Nowak. His mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was convicted of assisting an offender because she removed the murder weapon from the scene. The jury at Southampton Crown Court rejected Diwah's claims of self-defense when he claimed that Nowak had racially abused him, punched him, and knocked off his turban. Claims described by prosecutors as wicked lies. Diwah was also convicted of carrying a knife in public. It turns out that the whole family was involved in the murder. Diwah lied to police claiming he was the victim of a racist attack by a drunk Nowak who insulted him and knocked off his turban. He denied stabbing anyone and said, "Quote, no one stabbed you, brother. You're drunk." Diwah's brother, Gurpreet Diwah, called 911 and falsely claimed that the brothers had been attacked on racial grounds. "We're Sikhs. We wear a turban, and he's just attacked my brother." He said no weapons were involved. Family members, including Diwah's father, arrived and accused Nowak of faking his injuries claiming he had been talking normally moments earlier. Diwah's mother, Kiran, removed the bloody knife from the scene and took it to the family home where it was later recovered. Three officers arrived and immediately handcuffed the bleeding Nowak as he lay in a pool of blood.

[00:01:32]Nowak repeatedly told them, "I've been stabbed and I can't breathe." One officer reportedly laughed when he made the statement, and the other responded on body cam saying, "I don't think you have, mate." They dragged him across the gravel while he was handcuffed. Only after he lost consciousness did they remove the handcuffs and attempt to resuscitate him. He died at the scene.

[00:01:53]Police then searched Nowak's and his father's phones for racist messages or jokes. Hampshire police issued a public apology after the verdict saying, "I'm sorry that Henry's life couldn't be saved that night, and I'm sorry that he was handcuffed and arrested in the moments before he lost consciousness. He was the victim. We were lied to by the perpetrator." Critics say fear of racism allegations along with the killer's and family's coordinated lies caused No Ax's death. They are demanding the full release of body cam footage, accountability for the officers, and reforms against prioritizing {quote} "hurting words."