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A man has gone on trial accused of murdering 18-year-old Henry Nowak, a first-year University of Southampton student who was stabbed after a night out in December. Southampton Crown Court heard that Mr Nowak, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, had been walking home in Belmont Road, Portswood, when he was fatally injured. Hampshire Police said officers were called at around 11.30pm on 3 December and found him with a puncture wound to his chest and two wounds to his leg.
Prosecutors told the court that Vickrum Digwa, 23, was seen on phone footage before the incident and was allegedly carrying a large shastar knife. Sky News reported that Mr Digwa denies murder and carrying a knife in public, while his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, denies assisting an offender by allegedly removing a weapon from the scene. The court has heard that Mr Nowak was an accountancy and finance student who had been out with football team-mates before the stabbing.