Henry Nowak killer's 21-year term under review

England's Court of Appeal was set to rule on November 5 on whether to increase, cut or maintain the minimum 21-year life term given to Vickrum Digwa for murdering student Henry Nowak.

Digwa stabbed the 18-year-old multiple times in Southampton in December. He falsely told officers that Nowak had racially abused him.

The government's legal team argued that the sentence was “unduly lenient”. Jonathan Polnay, representing the attorney general, told the judges that a 21-year minimum term was “simply too low”.

Digwa has separately appealed for a lower minimum term. His lawyer, Imran Khan, argued that the sentencing judge had already considered aggravating factors but applied them incorrectly.

Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, was jailed for three years for trying to hide the ceremonial knife used in the killing.

The UK government last week announced an independent review into the circumstances of the killing. The case sparked protests after anti-immigration figures cited it as evidence of supposed discrimination against white Britons.