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Mother of British Sikh killer faces deportation to India
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News18•16-10-2026, 20:00
Mother of British Sikh killer faces deportation to India
- •Kiran Kaur, 53, faces deportation to India following her three-year prison sentence for assisting an offender.
- •She removed the murder weapon used by her son, Vickrum Digwa, to kill 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton last year.
- •Vickrum Digwa is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years for the fatal stabbing.
- •Both mother and son have upcoming appeals scheduled at the UK Court of Appeal on November 5.
- •The case caused local controversy after the killer attempted to falsely use a religious kirpan argument for self-defense.
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Kiran Kaur, who was sentenced to three years in prison for removing the murder weapon used by her son to kill Henry Nowak last year, faces deportation under a UK government scheme for foreign criminals.
Kiran Kaur and her son Vickrum Digwa are scheduled to have their respective legal appeals heard at the UK Court of Appeal on November 5.
Vickrum Digwa attempted to use a religious self-defence argument, claiming the weapon he used to stab 18-year-old Henry Nowak was a kirpan, a ceremonial knife, which the court ultimately rejected.
