Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was jailed for life for the murder of 18-year-old Southampton University student Henry Nowak, is reportedly “shaking with fear” after being moved to HMP Frankland in County Durham – a prison so infamous for housing Britain’s most depraved killers it is known as “Monster Mansion”.
Inmates include Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens and Millie Dowler’s killer Levi Bellfield. A source told MailOnline: “Digwa arrived at Frankland terrified. I mean literally shaking. He was in total fear. … I think he thought he wouldn’t survive the first night.”
“Henry Nowak's killer Vickrum Digwa is 'shaking with fear' in HMP Frankland, home to Britain's most notorious murderers.”
Digwa was convicted on 1 June for stabbing Henry twice in the chest with an eight-inch dagger on 3 December 2025. As the student tried to run away, Digwa inflicted four more wounds, including two to his back. He then portrayed himself as the victim of a racist attack and did not tell police he had just stabbed Henry.
Body-worn camera footage released after the case sparked public anger, showing Henry handcuffed and telling officers he could not breathe before he died.
Ex-prison governor Vanessa Frake-Harris said high-profile inmates like Digwa become targets. “There are many in Frankland with nothing to lose but a lot of credibility to gain,” she told The Sun. “His was a high-profile murder which angered society. This anger may well follow him into HMP Frankland.”
Digwa, who will serve a minimum of 21 years, spent weeks in segregation before being moved to a wing under close supervision.
His mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, was jailed for three years for assisting an offender. On the night of the murder, Digwa used his phone to film himself speaking to her in Punjabi and telling her “Take this” – passing the murder weapon to her. She took the knife back to the family home and hid it among a collection of ceremonial weapons in her son’s bedroom.
Sentencing Kaur at Southampton Crown Court, Judge William Mousley KC said that by then she knew or believed her son had stabbed Henry. “A responsible parent would have challenged their son over their actions,” the judge said, adding that her actions added to the “degradation of Henry being arrested when he was dying”.
Henry’s family said in a statement they remain “incredibly disappointed” and will “never give up in our campaign for justice for Henry”. They urged the government to “deliver the changes our wonderful son deserves”.