Vickrum Digwa was recorded in a police van discussing Henry Nowak's murder in Southampton.

Vickrum Digwa murdered Southampton university student, Henry Nowak, on 3 December 2025 Within 36 hours of murdering Henry Nowak, Vickrum Digwa was recorded in the back of a police van admitting to his brother, Gurpreet, that he had stabbed the teenager multiple times. The pair had been speaking in Punjabi as they were driven between a police station and a court for a custody extension hearing on 5 December 2025. Digwa had previously lied to his family and police at the scene of the murder in Southampton, insisting he had been "racially attacked" and had only "pushed" and "punched" the student in self-defence. Now, a transcript obtained by the BBC of the brothers' exchanges reveals details of Digwa's confession and shows they prayed to God to "save" them and their parents after all four were arrested. The transcript is a Punjabi-to-English translation of the brothers' conversation and was referred to during Digwa's murder trial. The extracts included in this report are drawn from that document, which the BBC requested from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Gurpreet Digwa, 27, did not witness his brother stabbing Henry Nowak, but arrived at the scene soon afterwards