Man convicted of murder for stabbing university student
A man who fatally stabbed a university student with a ceremonial knife while the student was walking home from a night out has been found guilty of murder.
Vickrum Digwa used a 21cm (8in) blade, which he stated he carried as part of his Sikh faith, to kill 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton on 3 December.
Digwa, aged 23, claimed he acted in self-defence after the teenager allegedly used a racist insult, punched him, and knocked his turban off, Southampton Crown Court heard.
However, the jury dismissed this defence and convicted him of murder.
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