Sikh man on trial for the murder of a student pleads not guilty to manslaughter

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A Sikh man accused of murdering an 18-year-old student told the court "it was an act of self-defence".Victrum Digwa, 23, is on trial at Southampton Crown Court.His mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, is also on trial, accused of assisting a defendant by allegedly removing the weapon from the scene.Today, Judge William Mousley KC told the jury that Digwa would face a charge of manslaughter as an alternative charge to murder.Addressing the jury, the judge explained the alternative charge: "If a person may not have deliberately have caused the fatal injury or may not have intended to kill or cause reasonably serious harm, he or she is not guilty of murder.In earlier cross-examination, he claimed he had no intention of fatally stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak from Essex, who the prosecution said was wounded five times, including a fatal wound to the chest.

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