Six more charged with violent disorder after Nowak protest

Six more men have been charged following protests held in Southampton after the murder of Henry Nowak.

Hampshire Police said the men, aged in their 20s and 30s - four from Southampton, one from Gosport and Romsey - were charged following violent disorder in the city on Tuesday night.

The protests followed the release of police bodycam footage showing 18-year-old Nowak being placed in handcuffs after he had been stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was jailed for life on Monday.

All six have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court later. This brings the total number of people charged following the protests to 11.

The following five men have been now been charged with violent disorder:

A sixth man, Andrew Summerhayes, 38, of Banning Street, Romsey, has been charged with violent disorder and two counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

No plea was entered for Reeves and Riddett at Southampton Magistrates Court on Saturday, and no bail application was made for the two men, who are due to appear at Southampton Crown Court at 10:00 BST on Wednesday.

To date four men have pleaded guilty to violent disorder, one of them also having a dog lead with a metal carabiner as an offensive weapon, and one has denied assaulting a police officer.

Daniel Frost, 44, of Southampton, pleaded guilty on Thursday to violent disorder and possessing a dog lead with a metal carabiner as an offensive weapon following the protests.

Also on Thursday, 50-year-old Matt Styler, of Gosport, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer.

Nowak, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, was fatally stabbed in Southampton in December by Digwa, who falsely claimed he had been racially abused and had acted in self-defence.

Nowak was a first-year accountancy and finance student at the University of Southampton.