the Henry Nowak murder sounds like a completely outrageous parody of the british criminal justice system. it's hard to believe it's real. - native Britons can't legally carry a breadknife - for some reason Sikhs get a special carveout and can carry "religious use" knives of any length. even over 50 cm - 18 year old boy Henry Nowak is walking home peacefully, is fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa with his "ceremonial" kirpan - Digwa claims to the police that he was racially abused and the responding police immediately believe him and shackle the dying Nowak, ignoring Digwa and his co-conspirators - Nowak informs the officers that he has been stabbed and the officer says "You've been stabbed? Whereabouts? I don't think you have, mate." - the officers do not check on his condition, cuffing him roughly as he bleeds out. as they read him his rights, he dies. - Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur arrives at the scene and takes the knife with her, attempting to conceal it - Digwa's brother Gurpreet Digwa made the 999 call and attempted to concoct a defense for his brother, claiming he had been the victim of a racial attack - Despite the "life sentence" the court meted out, Digwa will be eligible for parole at age 43 - there have been no consequences whatsoever for the police officers that shackled Nowak and left him to drown in his own blood while his killers watched. none of the officers have even been named each fact is more radicalizing than the last.