How did the police let Henry Nowak die?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The footage is almost unbearable to watch. 18 year old Henry Nowak, stabbed and bleeding to death on the floor - telling officers he couldn't breathe - being handcuffed by police responders rather than treated. Bodycam footage, released with the consent of Henry's family, shows that as Henry shouts out that he has been stabbed, one officer responds: "You’ve been stabbed? I don’t think you have, mate." The killer, Vickrum Digwa, had lied and claimed that Henry had racially attacked him. How did the police get their response wrong?
The Home Secretary has called the footage "disturbing and tragic", and insisted that Henry's family deserve answers. Nigel Farage is claiming that the murder is proof we are "living in a two-tier culture in this country where the rights and privileges of white people matter less than those of ethnic minorities." Andy Hughes, co-host of The Crime Agents, explains why that is nonsense.
Later, Belarus's President in exile, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, on how Lukashenko is running the country like a gulag - and why he must be stopped.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | A kid was left to die and handcuffed as he was dying. |
| 0:17.0 | What's happened to you, right? |
| 0:18.1 | It's done, mate. |
| 0:20.4 | It is clear that this is one of the worst bits of policing you're ever likely to see. |
| 0:26.6 | The broader charge from Farage, there is this two-tier anti-white policing. |
| 0:33.6 | If you actually look at the cold-hard facts, you're twice as more likely to be arrested if you're black. |
| 0:38.3 | The police in this country have a sacred duty to police without fear or favour. |
| 0:45.0 | Everyone in this country is equal before the law. |
| 0:49.1 | It is the promise upon which our whole justice system rests. |
| 0:53.4 | And the equality of every citizen is the foundation |
| 0:56.6 | on which the openness, tolerance and generosity of this country rests. |
| 1:02.3 | That is Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, commenting on the police behaviour in the wake |
| 1:08.6 | of the murder of Henry Novak, a young 18-year-old student on his |
| 1:14.5 | way home from a night out. It is really a horrifying story of what happened in so many |
| 1:20.8 | different respects. But how on earth did the police let Henry Novak die in the way that he did? |
| 1:29.5 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:35.8 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:38.8 | It's John. |
| 1:40.0 | It's Maitliss. |
| 1:40.9 | And we're going to talk to you today about Henry Novak, an 18-year-old finance student, |
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