UK: Protest erupts over student murder

Key points

• Protesters have clashed with police in Southampton over the December murder of finance student Henry Nowak.
• The fatally injured victim was handcuffed by police after his killer accused him of racist abuse.
• Demonstrators clashed with police in the southern English city of Southampton on Tuesday while protesting at what they said was an example of anti-white policing in the case of a student killed in December.
• Protesters threw stones and other missiles at police in clashes close to the site where 18-year-old Henry Nowak died of his wounds while handcuffed by police after his killer, a Sikh man, accused the victim of racist abuse.
• Protest in Southampton turns violent The protest, attended by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, came after the killer, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison on Monday.