Overview
- All three defendants entered not-guilty pleas at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in relation to weapons charges linked to the family home and a vehicle.
- Prosecutors say items seized on 4 December 2025 included three machetes, 37 swords, three ninja swords, two flick or gravity knives, eight knuckledusters, an extendable baton and a manriki-gusari.
- The alleged offences are all dated the day after the fatal stabbing of student Henry Nowak, a fact the prosecution will seek to connect to its broader case.
- A trial is listed for 27 September 2027 with a case management hearing on 4 June 2027; Vickrum Digwa remains in custody serving a life term while his father and brother were granted bail by the magistrates.
- The hearing comes as Independent Office for Police Conduct and other reviews continue after released body-worn footage showed Nowak handcuffed while mortally wounded, and Digwa’s mother faces sentencing for assisting an offender.