Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Violent protests erupted in Southampton following the life sentencing of Henry Nowak's murderer, Vickrum Digwa. The Guardian reports that Hampshire police data, obtained under freedom of information laws, reveals a striking finding: nearly sixty percent of those arrested—twenty-two of thirty-seven people—had been previously reported for domestic abuse crimes.

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