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A British university student collapsed and died after police initially handcuffed him instead of the man accused of stabbing him, according to reports and court testimony.<\/p>\n
Finance student Henry Nowak, 18, was stabbed with an eight-inch ceremonial Sikh \u201cshastar\u201d blade in London after an encounter with Vikrum Digwa, 23, who is on trial for murder. Digwa told police that Nowak was a \u201cdrunken man\u201d who \u201cracially abused and attacked\u201d him, according<\/a> to the Daily Mail.<\/span><\/p>\n Police initially handcuffed Nowak after the December 2023 incident. Shortly after, he collapsed, prompting officers to begin emergency first aid. Despite efforts to save him, including a doctor flown in by helicopter, <\/span>Nowak succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 12:37 am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Digwa is now on trial alongside his mother, who is accused of assisting her son after Nowak\u2019s stabbing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg rejected Digwa\u2019s self-defense claim, telling jurors that \u201c<\/span>Henry drowned in his own blood\u201d after the knife pierced his lung. <\/span>He added that Digwa claimed he could not \u201crecall exactly how the fatal wound came to be inflicted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Much of the incident was captured on video by Nowak before he died and is now being used as evidence in court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nowak, who had been completing his first term studying accountancy and finance at Southampton University, had been out with friends before he was attacked. <\/span>On his way home, he recorded Snapchat videos shortly before crossing paths with Digwa.<\/span><\/p>\n In one video shown in court, Digwa can allegedly be heard saying, \u201cI am a bad man.\u201d The footage abruptly cuts off when Nowak responds, \u201cAre you a b\u2026.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nowak sustained four stab wounds, including the one that punctured his lung. <\/span><\/p>\n Police said after the fatal stabbing, Digwa\u2019s mother, brother, and father arrived on the scene. Officers placed Digwa and his brother inside a police vehicle, where they said they overheard Digwa admit to the stabbing. <\/span><\/p>\n Luddenberg told jurors that Digwa \u201ctold his brother he stabbed Henry three times. He didn\u2019t mention racism or self-defense.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n