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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-03T14:45:31.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nHenry Nowak's killer has launched a bid to overturn his murder conviction and reduce his sentence.\n\nVickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life after he had stabbed the 18-year-old student then lying to the police about being racially abused in December last year.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt has since been revealed that Digwa and his mother, Kiran Kaur, who was convicted of assisting an offender, cost taxpayers an eyewatering £150,000 in legal aid.\n\nDigwa was given £79,621 in Legal Aid, the Sun reports.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis figure included £78,300 for the Crown Court trial, £1,100 for representation at Southampton police station and £137 for a warrant of further detention.\n\nA further breakdown of the trial's costs, which started on May 14, was £66,000 spent on solicitors and £12,800 spent on Jeremy Wainwright KC, the killer's barrister.\n\nHis mother's legal bill cost £75,542 for her trial, where she was found guilty of removing the murder weapon from the scene, with £65,000 spent on solicitors and £10,000 on barristers.\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Henry Nowak's killer launches bid to overturn murder conviction as taxpayers foot £150k legal bill"
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