Police wanted to release statement during trial of Henry Nowak’s killer – UK politics live
The local police force wanted to address what it described as online ‘disinformation’ during active court proceedings against Vickrum Digwa, a report said David Lammy said wherever there is “privilege” it can be “taken away if it doesn’t command the full confidence of the public”, when asked about the blade Vickrum Digwa used to murder Henry Nowak. Asked whether it is “time to review the issue of whether the blade he (the killer) claims was religious, the 8in one, is permissible”, the justice secretary told Sky News: I think it’s important to emphasise he claimed that. There is doubt as to whether this was religious, this 8in blade that was used, one, and two, you cannot carry a blade that is used in any way to harm life, that is illegal in our country, whatever the circumstances. In the end, where exceptions are made of this kind, whether it’s for Scots or whether it’s for Sikhs. It is a privilege to be able to enjoy that with the confidence of the public. I thought of my own sons around the same age. It brought back memories of George Floyd, of Stephen Lawrence. It was so painful, so harrowing, so horrendous – and my heart goes out to that family for the grace and dignity with which they are now having to conduct their lives sort of in the full lights basically of not just UK attention on this but now global attention on this desperate, desperate tragedy. Continue reading...