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Henry Nowak’s killer has minimum jail term increased to 25 years
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The Court of Appeal judges have ruled Vickrum Digwa's original 21-year jail sentence for the murder of Henry Nowak was unduly lenient. Digwa stabbed the 18-year-old student to death in Southampton in December 2025. He had sought permission to challenge the length of his sentence at the Court of Appe
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