Henry Nowak arrest footage raises 'serious questions for police', PM says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says there are "serious questions for police" after the release of bodycam footage showing how officers responded to the murder of Henry Nowak. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed on Monday for a minimum of 21 years for stabbing the teenager with a 21cm (8in) blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith. Bodycam footage shows the 18-year-old Southampton university student being handcuffed and telling police "I can't breathe" after Digwa lied to officers at the scene of the stabbing, claiming he had been the victim of a racist attack. On Tuesday evening, several hundred people gathered in Southampton, with clashes between protesters and riot police. Police chiefs are re-examining anti-racism commitments that suggested officers should treat ethnic minorities differently in order to ensure equality of outcomes. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) said it was listening to concerns raised by MPs and would make changes where needed. Last year the NPCC published a document of "anti-racism commitments". Racism, it said, was a "very real issue in policing" and achieving equality of outcomes for people from different ethnic groups did not mean "treating