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A British student was stabbed and called for help. When the police arrived, the killer told police he was assaulted. The cops handcuffed the bleeding victim. They refused to believe him. (cdn.imgchest.com)
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Source: BBC / Metro

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Here's some reporting from the actual criminal trial with comments from the judge on some of the questions you've asked.

Judge William Mousley KC says Henry Nowak "perhaps cheekily" had made a comment to Vickrum Digwa, asking him "if you were a bad man".

"He was filming you on his phone when he spoke. The tone of his voice was not aggressive or threatening."

But Mousley says this turned out to be a "tragic error of judgement".

"You moved towards him and confidently told him that you were a bad man," he adds.

"You drew the dagger from its sheath...and deliberately stabbed Henry with it. It passed upwards through soft tissue between the two uppermost ribs, catching a lung and cutting an important vein behind the collarbone."
Judge William Mousley KC

The judge says the pathologist explained how no emergency medical treatment would have permitted access to the bleeding vein: "In simple terms, he would not have survived, however quickly he received first aid, CPR or medical treatment."

https://news.sky.com/story/vickrum-digwa-sentencing-live-killer-who-murdered-student-and-told-wicked-racism-lie-about-victim-faces-jail-13549752

[–] kip@piefed.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

just to add, it is most likely here that 'bad man' in the transcript is actually the slang term 'badman'

https://www.artandpopularculture.com/Badman_%28slang%29
https://grimedictionary.net/badman

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you.

So it's as suspected - racism, just not the kind the murderer said (or to make this more relatable to Americans, imagine a white guy asking a black dude in a sarcastic way "are you a bad guy?" while filming).

He still needs to be incarcerated for murdering, but I had a feeling there was a reason most news aren't mentioning how the incident happened. And life in prison for what wasn't premeditated murder seems excessive - but don't know how laws in the UK work. Then again, it's UK. Maybe had Vickrum been honest the sentencing would be different, but either way it's unlikely the court would see how such commentary is racist, especially if described as "cheeky". Likely this comment was the one that finally make Vickrum snap after who knows how many. At least, based on anecdotal experience.