# Henry Nowak’s parents condemn killer’s appeal against sentence today and his mother’s early release as ‘an absolute disgrace’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/henry-nowaks-parents-condemn-killers-appeal-against-sentence-today-and-his-mothers-early-release-as-an-absolute-disgrace/
- Published: 2026-11-05T07:52:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T08:03:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16267473/Henry-Nowak-parents-condemn-killer-appeal-mother-early-release.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Digwa is challenging his minimum 21-year sentence.
- The Attorney General says the sentence may be too lenient.
- His mother is expected to be released after about a year.

## Summary

Vickrum Digwa is appealing the minimum 21-year term he received for murdering 18-year-old Henry Nowak, while the Attorney General is asking judges to increase it. Nowak’s family say the appeal prolongs their distress and have condemned the expected early release of Digwa’s mother, who was jailed for helping conceal the murder weapon.

Three senior judges are due to hear both sentence challenges at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Digwa was convicted of stabbing Nowak in Southampton in December last year; his mother, Kiran Kaur, was sentenced to three years for hiding the bloodstained knife but is expected to leave prison next month after serving about a year under the early release scheme. The family say the timing, near the first anniversary of Nowak’s death, is particularly painful and have urged the Government to reconsider the scheme.

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