Henry's Father

Henry told officers that he could not breathe nine times.

He told them he had been stabbed four times.

The response from one officer was, I don't think you have, mate.

The police have said they were misled by the murderer and that the scene when they arrived was complex.

Unfortunately, it seems to us the truth is much simpler.

The police were told by our son himself and by a member of the public who called 999 that they heard someone shout that they had been stabbed.

But the police did not believe them.

Henry was pulled across the gravel, his hands forced behind his back and he was placed in handcuffs.

His murder, however, was afforded decency.

He was believed.

He was not handcuffed when arrested.

He was not handcuffed when transported to the police station.

As far as we understand, he was never handcuffed at all.

And as Vikram Digwa himself told the court, whilst under arrest for Henry's murder, police even took him to the kitchen so he could choose his food.

The contrast is unbearable.