On 3 December in Southampton, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak with a 21 cm blade, leading to Digwa's life sentence with a 21-year minimum term. Court proceedings included bodycam footage from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary officers who handcuffed Nowak as he stated he had been stabbed and could not breathe. Digwa's claims of self-defense and religious exemption for the blade were presented and rejected during the trial.