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Mother of Henry Nowak Killer Jailed as Transcript Shows Son’s Early Confession

Prosecutors said the three-year term punishes the removal of the kirpan that hindered the murder inquiry.

Overview

  • Kiran Kaur was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for assisting an offender after a jury found she took the kirpan from the scene and hid it at the family home.
  • A Crown Prosecution Service transcript published this week records Vickrum Digwa telling his brother in a police van that he stabbed Henry Nowak and saying “I am a fool.”
  • Digwa was convicted of murder in June and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years, a decision that has been referred to the Court of Appeal and is subject to his appeal efforts.
  • Court evidence showed the kirpan was placed among a larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons at the family address and the removal delayed police from identifying the murder weapon.
  • Release of police body-worn footage showing Nowak handcuffed while dying prompted national protests, two officer misconduct probes, and a coroner’s inquest scheduled to sit in Winchester next year.