{"id":4917,"date":"2026-06-06T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/more-men-admit-violent-disorder-during-henry-nowak-murder-protest-that-saw-bins-thrown-at-cops\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:34:24","slug":"more-men-admit-violent-disorder-during-henry-nowak-murder-protest-that-saw-bins-thrown-at-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/more-men-admit-violent-disorder-during-henry-nowak-murder-protest-that-saw-bins-thrown-at-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"More men admit violent disorder during Henry Nowak murder protest that saw bins thrown at cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_13ef38\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The four men are among eleven men who have so far been charged with wrongdoing since the violent protests in Southampton, Hants, on Tuesday night after Vickrum Digwa was jailed for murder<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37258141\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and protestors clashed during the protest following the death of Henry Nowak in Southampton on Tuesday \" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258141.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258141.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258141.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258141.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Police and protestors clashed during the protest following the death of Henry Nowak in Southampton on Tuesday \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police and protestors clashed during the protest following the death of Henry Nowak in Southampton on Tuesday <cite aria-label=\"Image: Jamie Lashmar\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Jamie Lashmar\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Four more men today have admitted charges of violent disorder during the protest over Henry Nowak&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Andrew Summerhayes, 38, Dillon Crawford, 29, Harry Varney, 34, and Taylor Grundy, 22, all pleaded guilty while appearing at Southampton magistrates court on Saturday. Summerhayes also pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutor Robert Salame told the court Summerhayes was alleged to have thrown items including bins at cops, while Crawford used &#8220;large items including bins and chairs&#8221; against officers. Mr Salame said Varney refused to move when asked by police officers and pushed against their shields and added Grundy wheeled a &#8220;large, industrial bin&#8221; in the direction of riot police.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37258154\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37258154\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Henry Nowak\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258154.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_SNMurder-Sikh-man-accused-of-murdering-an-18-year-old-student-on-a-night-out-with-a-ceremonial-rel.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258154.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_SNMurder-Sikh-man-accused-of-murdering-an-18-year-old-student-on-a-night-out-with-a-ceremonial-rel.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258154.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_SNMurder-Sikh-man-accused-of-murdering-an-18-year-old-student-on-a-night-out-with-a-ceremonial-rel.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258154.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_SNMurder-Sikh-man-accused-of-murdering-an-18-year-old-student-on-a-night-out-with-a-ceremonial-rel.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Henry Nowak was arrested while he was dying after being repeatedly stabbed \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Henry Nowak was arrested while he was dying after being repeatedly stabbed <cite aria-label=\"Image: Family\/Solent News\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Family\/Solent News)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">All four men were part of a mob that turned on riot police officers who were stopping them from getting to the family home of Henry\u2019s murderer Vickrum Digwa, 23, on Tuesday night. The demo came after footage emerged of the innocent 18-year-old being handcuffed as he lay dying by officers who ignored him telling them he had been stabbed and could not breathe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tragically, he had suffered unsurvivable knife injuries inflicted by Digwa, who lied to police that he had been a victim of a racist attack and pretended he had not hurt the university student. The four defendants today spoke from the dock to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth before being remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Crown Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37258149\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37258149\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vickrum Digwa\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258149.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Britain-Stabbing-Victim-26154458289173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258149.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Britain-Stabbing-Victim-26154458289173.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258149.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Britain-Stabbing-Victim-26154458289173.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258149.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Britain-Stabbing-Victim-26154458289173.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Vickrum Digwa was jailed at Southampton Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Vickrum Digwa was jailed at Southampton Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday<cite aria-label=\"Image: Hampshire Police via AP\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Hampshire Police via AP)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Four other men have pleaded guilty as eleven have now been charged in relation to the protest. Connor Bishop, <!-- -->who threw a traffic cone at police officers, was charged with violent disorder after he was caught on video hurling the cone at retreating police officers on Tuesday night. <!-- -->He refused to enter court and instead remained in the cells \u201ccrying his eyes out\u201d with his lawyer, Will Day, entering a guilty plea at the city&#8217;s magistrate court on his behalf after the case continued in his absence.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37258142\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37258142\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.33\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police line\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258142.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258142.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258142.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258142.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured during the disturbances\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured during the disturbances<cite aria-label=\"Image: Jamie Lashmar\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Jamie Lashmar\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Noah Etherington, 18, admitted <!-- -->violent disorder by throwing a brick towards cops, while Reece Robinson, 21, pleaded guilty to violent disorder by throwing objects at officers. <!-- -->Daniel Frost, 44, <!-- -->pleaded guilty to charges of violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon. Frost <!-- -->also admitted wrapping a dog lead around his knuckles before using it to goad officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Meanwhile <!-- -->Kevin Reeves, 31, of Portswood Road, Southampton, and Andrew Riddett, 38, of Seacombe Green, Southampton, entered no plea to charges of violent disorder. Mr Salame said Reeves is accused of using &#8220;a traffic cone and other large objects&#8221;, and encouraging others to use these &#8220;large objects&#8221;, against police officers during the protest. <!-- -->Riddett is accused of spitting at a police officer and being aggressive, as well as encouraging others to be violent against police officers. Reeves and Riddett were also remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Crown Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37258148\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37258148\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Henry Nowak's family (left to right) Mark Nowak, Katie Woodcock, and Lucy Ross,  leaving number 10 Downing Street in central London, after a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258148.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258148.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258148.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37258148.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Henry Nowak's family (left to right) Mark Nowak, Katie Woodcock, and Lucy Ross,  leaving number 10 Downing Street in central London, after a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Henry Nowak&#8217;s family (left to right) Mark Nowak, Katie Woodcock, and Lucy Ross,  leaving number 10 Downing Street in central London, after a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week<cite aria-label=\"Image: Yui Mok\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Yui Mok\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And <!-- -->Matt Styler pleaded not guilty to assaulting an emergency worker during the trouble. The court heard the 50-year-old married military veteran is accused of kicking out at a police sergeant after being ordered to move from a wall he was sitting on. Styler, of Gosport, Hants, <!-- -->was remanded in custody and is due to return to court later this month. The dad-of-three, formerly of the Army\u2019s Parachute Regiment, gave a military salute to a man in the public gallery while being led back to the cells. <!-- -->Officers are examining video evidence from the protests and more arrests are expected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/henry-nowak-southampton-protest-police-37258137\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four men are among eleven men who have so far been charged with wrongdoing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780767264_1_Henry-Nowak-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}