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The court of appeal is reviewing whether the killer of Henry Nowak received an insufficient sentence due to his racist motives and abuse of religious rights.
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Henry Nowak’s killer should have had longer sentence, court of appeal hears
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Vickrum Digwa also challenging the length of his jail term, with his KC describing it as ‘manifestly excessive’Vickrum Digwa, the killer of Henry Nowak, should have received a longer sentence because of his false accusations of racism against his victim and his abuse of a religious right to carry a knife, the court of appeal has been told.Digwa, 23, was jailed in June for life with a minimum term of 21 years for murdering Nowak, 18, in an attack in Southampton in December last year. Continue reading...
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