Releasing murderer Vickrum Digwa’s mother early would raise “very serious questions about the robustness of our criminal justice system”, a police commissioner has said.
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Kiran Kaur was jailed for three years for removing the knife used by her son to kill finance student Henry Nowak from the crime scene.
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She was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court in July for assisting an offender on the night of the murder on December 3 2025 by taking the weapon back to the nearby family home.
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She will therefore write to Justice Secretary Alex Norris today and request “clarity” in order that she can continue supporting the family “in an appropriate way”.
Releasing Kaur after serving a third of her sentence “is going to be a significant blow for Henry’s family”, she also told the programme, adding: “This is quite shocking.”
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“She wasn’t even sentenced until July this year, which was just some three months ago, and here we are now talking about her potential release which, as I say, really does raise very serious questions about the robustness of our criminal justice system.”
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It was put to Ms Jones that, unlike some early releases, Kaur is unlikely to reoffend and it would be unfair to make an exception in this case.
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The commissioner responded: “I suppose someone could form that argument.
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“The other reason that we have early release in this country is because of prison overcrowding but let’s not forget that prison overcrowding is in the adult male prison population.
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“It doesn’t affect youth offending, so young males or females, and in fact it’s almost impossible for young females to be sent to prison now, anyway.
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“But it certainly doesn’t affect the adult female prison population.
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“So Kiran Kaur is not taking up a bed in a prison in the United Kingdom right now that could otherwise be going to someone who is posing a much bigger threat to the country.”
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This comes after the Home Office yesterday signalled Indian national Kaur could be in line for deportation from the UK.
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Ms Jones also backed Kaur’s potential deportation.
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Asked if she wants it to happen, she said: “Yes, I think if we’re fair here and we have a fair approach towards deportation of foreign national offenders involved in serious crimes then absolutely, why should she be any different to anyone else?
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“And yes, I would support her deportation and that of anyone else connected to this that is also a foreign national offender.”
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The Home Office declined to comment on individual cases, but said: “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Henry Nowak, whose life was cruelly cut short in a horrific act of violence.
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“We will always seek to deport foreign criminals at the first opportunity.”
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Kaur’s son Digwa was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years on June 1 for the murder of the 18-year-old student, after falsely claiming Mr Nowak had racially abused him.
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She is also appealing against her sentence, with a hearing scheduled at the Court of Appeal on November 5.
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When her sentence was imposed, the 221 days she had already spent on remand were taken into account, it is understood.
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Some 5,000 prisoners are scheduled to be released in stages over the next year, down from 6,000 after ministers intervened to exempt rapists and the most serious child sex offenders.
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Ministers say the expanded early release scheme is needed to prevent the justice system from collapsing, after a summer when the issue dominated news headlines.
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Some 650 criminals were this week released from prisons around the country under the scheme, less than two weeks after 700 were set free early.
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