Henry Nowak murderer ‘terrified’ and refuses prison wing over Huntley killing...
Henry Nowak murderer ‘terrified’ and refuses prison wing over Huntley killing fears
A convicted murderer has been placed in segregation after refusing to move onto a prison wing over fears linked to the killing of child killer Ian Huntley.
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Add us as preferred source Comments By Michael D. Carroll 01:08, Thu, Jul 2, 2026 Updated: 01:08, Thu, Jul 2, 2026 
Murderer Vickrum Digwa is being held in segregation after refusing to move onto a prison wing where he fears he could be killed following the fatal attack on child killer Ian Huntley.
The 23-year-old is understood to be spending up to 23 hours a day alone in his cell at HMP Frankland in County Durham, only leaving under close escort by four prison officers for daily exercise.
Digwa, who stabbed 18-year-old Henry Nowak to death in Southampton and falsely claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack as the teenager lay dying, has lost access to normal prison privileges, including television.
A source said he refused to be moved onto A-wing after learning it was the same wing where Ian Huntley had been fatally attacked earlier this year.
The source said: “He is there because he is terrified and refused to locate to a wing.
“He was told he was going on to A-wing and he knew it was where Huntley was killed — and said ‘No’.
“He said he could not be kept safely on there, which is accurate as there is already talk about him around the prison.
“They cannot make him go on to the wing and he could be in ‘seg’ for a very long time.”
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The source described conditions on the segregation unit as extremely harsh.
They said: “It is really grim. Inmates are given a really small wind-up radio and you can read books and that’s about it.
“You get taken out for an hour at the same time as three other cons but, even then, the exercise yard is split into four and you cannot mix.
“And he has to have all the prison-issue food in his cell, which is pretty grim.
“Most inmates on seg end up pacing around their cell or shouting out of the window.
“It is the sort of regime that will drive you mad.”
Vickrum Digwa holds gun in Southampton back garden in 2022
Digwa was jailed for life in May with a minimum term of 21 years after being convicted of murdering Henry Nowak in December 2025, a sentence which is currently being appealed against on the grounds it is unduly lenient.
He was previously held at HMP Winchester before being transferred to Frankland, known as “Monster Mansion” due to the number of high-profile and dangerous inmates housed there.
The prison has also held some of Britain’s most notorious offenders, including Ian Huntley, who was fatally attacked at the jail earlier this year.
Frankland has also been the scene of other serious incidents in recent years, including an attack on staff by Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi and violence involving quadruple killer Damien Bendall.
A Prison Service spokesperson said it cannot comment on individual prisoners.
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Add The California Post on GoogleRipped from the headlines of the satirical Babylon Bee:
A DEI extravaganza to mark the 250th birthday of the USA!
Oh wait.
That’s not the Bee; it’s actually a thing: San Diego County plans an identity-politics spectacular this July 4.
Wanna go?
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this year to align the county’s Independence Day event with “equity and racial justice” goals.
Per a social media post from the mayor of El Cajon, the three-hour program will feature: a “tribal intimate blessing welcoming to land”; a tribal invocation; the American and black national anthems; local tribal community stories; Latino community stories; Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community stories; LGBTQIA+ community stories; and black and African community stories.
Whew. It’s exhausting just to read about.
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But more to the point: all of this … on July 4 of America’s 250th year? What message does the county of San Diego mean to send?
Not one that elevates fun, family, unity, respect, gratitude and patriotism — traditional Independence Day fare.
Instead, the county stoops to woke pandering.
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Extolling favored groups on the nation’s birthday is e pluribus unum in reverse: ex uno, plura.
It’s divisive. It’s ill-timed. And it’s disrespectful to the nation, to its founding values and to the US Armed Forces who have fought and sometimes died to guard the rights the grievance crowd takes for granted.
In the very recent past, Americans of all stars and stripes could agree on some things, including the Fourth of July and its fun family patriotic fare.
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Remember the iconic jingle, “We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet?”
Those were days when Americans united around major holidays, around a shared heritage of freedom and around pride in a country that’s the freest in the world.
No longer.
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These days, the scolds can’t be satisfied, the socialists win elections from New York to Colorado (unthinkable not long ago) and divisive Fourth of July programs emerge in once-moderate places like San Diego County.
Increasingly, elected officials want to shove a thumb in the eye of the nation, its founding, its traditions and its glory.
Enough.
Note to the radicals who rush to tear America down on perhaps its most cherished holiday:
Stop being petulant about losing national elections.
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Love your country even if you don’t love its current leader.
Teach, respect and appreciate the values of 1776: liberty, individual rights, equality, limited government and the rule of law.
Ditch the woke bilge and restore the picnics, US flags and fireworks.
Restore e pluribus unum.
Skip the lecture series and let the people have fun.
And a bonus memo to San Diego County voters: Remember this farce next election.
Just maybe, in another grand American tradition, you’ll do this:
Throw the bums out.
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