CHILLING Bodyworn video of Henry Nowak being handcuffed AFTER being FATALLY stabbed by Vickrum Digwa

He keeps dropping side to side, so I'm just trying to keep him set up.He's got a mouth full of blood.I don't want him...

He was on the bin on the other side of this gate.

He's jumped over these fences and stuff like that.

He's obviously...

He's fallen from there and he's slipped from there.

What's your name, mate?Huh?Has anyone been hurt other than him?

Yeah, me.

He grabbed my brother.

He took my turban off.Started grabbing my head.Are you injured?Yeah, yeah, I've got...

All right, just step back a little bit for me.Someone flag these down.All right, let's get you out of there, shall we?Grab his other arm.What's happened to you, all right?You been stabbed?

Whereabouts?Don't think you have, mate.Hand.Put the hand in the cuff mate.

Where do you think he's been stabbed?In the face?

Oh no, but we have to check, don't we?In the face?

Just get these back off, get their details.on that and I'll keep hold of them.Right, keep you on your side, mate.You've had a redrief then.Same to him, keeping him on his side.We were sat up when we had him in, but he didn't like it.

What's your name, mate?By the moment you are under arrest, that's for assault, so you do not have to say anything that may harm the defence.If you do not make your name questioned, it's up to which you later rely on the court.Anything you do say may be given in evidence, alright?He's going to be sick, I think.Don't want you to call it.

Yeah, we've got this male, he's just been beat up.Are we able to get an ambulance?

People aren't even reacting.

Good afternoon.My name is Mark Novak.I am Henry Novak's father.To my left is my daughter, Lydia Novak, Henry's older sister.And to her left is Lucy Ross, Henry's Novak's mother.The jury confirmed what we've always known.

Henry's life was taken from him unlawfully, violently, or without justification.Henry was 18 years old.He was kind, ambitious, loved and full of promise.He had his whole life ahead of him, a degree to finish, places to see and a future to build.That future was stolen from him and no verdict or sentence will ever give it back.Henry did nothing wrong.

He was one of the kindest, friendliest, and most inclusive people you could ever hope to meet.He was amazing in every way.On the 3rd of December last year, Henry was walking home from a night out with his university football teammates when he encountered Vikram Thikwar, a man who openly carried a large knife on the streets of Britain.That knife was used to take Henry's life.He should have been safe walking home.Instead, he became another young life lost to the brutal reality of knife crime in this country.

Henry had been stabbed multiple times, and as his chest filled with blood, he tried to escape.He was chased, abused, and filmed by Vikram Bighwa and others.When police arrived, Henry was lying on the floor, barely able to sit up, and plainly in severe medical distress.With his final words, he told officers that he could not breathe.He told them he had been stabbed.In fact, Henry told officers that he could not breathe nine times.

He told them he had been stabbed four times.The response from one officer was, I don't think you have, mate.The police have said they were misled by the murderer and that the scene when they arrived was complex.Unfortunately, it seems to us the truth is much simpler.The police were told by our son himself and by a member of the public who called 999.they heard someone shout that they had been stabbed.

But the police did not believe them.

Henry was pulled across the gravel, his hands forced behind his back, and he was placed in handcuffs.Instead of being treated as a dying victim, police formally arrested Henry for assault and read him his rights.That was the last thing he heard.Henry did not die with dignity.He did not die with the care he deserved.He lost consciousness before anyone believed him.

Let me be absolutely clear.We hold Vikram Digwar solely and 100 % responsible for the brutal murder of our son.But, Henry should not have died on the streets of Southampton in police custody.The way he was treated was inhumane and berating.His murder, however, was afforded decency.He was believed.

He was not handcuffed when arrested.He was not handcuffed when transported to the police station.As far as we understand, he was never handcuffed at all.And, as Vikram Digwa himself told the court, whilst under arrest for Henry's murder, police even took him to the kitchen so he could chew his food.The contrast is unbearable.We believe the officers involved remain on duty, although we understand some may have since resigned.

Guan was allowed to leave the force before she had given an account to the Independent Office of Police Conduct of what happened that evening.The IOPC investigation remains ongoing.Whilst we await its final report,we are calling on the Home Secretary to ensure that the IOPC has the resources, authority and independence it needs to conduct a full, fearless and transparent investigation.Our families should not have to fight for the truth anymore.Despite the shocking actions of the police on that fateful night, the murder investigation was very different.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude the Senior Investigating Officer, ECI Rebecca Bartholomew, the Serious Crime Team and particular officer in the case, Claire Proctor.We would also like to thank our incredible family liaison officers, Sarah Page and Trudy May, for their diligence, professionalism and compassion throughout this investigation.We would also like to thank the CPS, as well as Nick Lobenberg, KC and Neil King.for their outstanding advocacy skills in prosecuting this case.In our darkest period of our lives, knowing that people were fighting tirelessly for Henry gave us strength.They secured justice for our son, and for that, our family will be forever grateful.

For us, there is no closure.There is no moment where the pain stops.There is no moment where the Henry Shake Hole in our family is filled.We will carry this grief every single day for the rest of our lives.But today matters.Today, Henry was believed.

The truth has been recognized.Today, justice in the eyes of the law has been served.But justice alone is not enough.We want to use Henry's breathtaking but heartbreaking story to make change for the better.We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.We want his story to make our streets safer for everyone.

That is why we are calling on the government to treat knife crime as the national emergency that it is.We need real solutions.We need investment in prevention.We need stronger action on the sale, the ownership, the carrying of all knives.And as this case so painfully demonstrates, we need common sense applied to our laws.This doesn't mean knee -jerk reactions.

This doesn't mean going to extremes.It just means a common sense approach to law and order.As the case see for the prosecution summed up in court, this is not a case about Sikhism.This is not a case about racism.This is a case about murder.People should not be able to walk openly through the streets of Britain carrying a 21cm blade.

As a family, we will not let this go.No other family should experience the heartbreak and horror of losing a child in an outbreak.Finally, I want Henry to know, wherever he is, we are so proud of him and we love him beyond words.Thank you.