The murder of Henry Nowak has profoundly disturbed me for so many reasons.
First, there is the cruelty and callousness of the crime itself – completely unprovoked, utterly unwarranted. An example of the nihilism that has crept into our society, particularly among young people desensitised to the violence they see glorified on social media.
Then there is the shocking behaviour of the murderer’s family. Killer Vickrum Digwa’s mother Kiran Kaur, 53, showed a total lack of humanity in covering up a horrific crime by hiding the weapon – a separate offence for which she has rightly been convicted.
Third, the police response, too, exposed devastating
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