The mother of a British man convicted of fatally stabbing a student was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to conceal the weapon used in the killing. Kiran Kaur, 53, was handed the sentence on Friday at Southampton Crown Court after authorities found that she took the ceremonial knife used in the attack from the crime scene and brought it back to the family home.

Her son, Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced in June to a minimum of 21 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak in Southampton. The incident occurred following a dispute over a mobile phone. Nowak was found by police handcuffed and bleeding in December but died at the scene. During initial police inquiries, Digwa falsely claimed that he had been the victim of racial abuse.

Judge William Mousley criticized Kaur's actions during sentencing, stating that a responsible parent would have confronted their son and urged him to take responsibility rather than conceal evidence. By removing the 21-centimeter ceremonial knife and placing it among a collection of similar weapons in her son's bedroom, she contributed to efforts to hide the true nature of the crime and supported her son's false narrative of innocence.

The court concluded that Kaur's conduct not only obstructed justice but also enabled her son's attempt to mislead investigators regarding his role in the stabbing.