Watchdog to probe if officers who cuffed Henry Nowak were 'influenced by migrant hotel protests nearby'

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Watchdog to probe if officers who cuffed Henry Nowak were 'influenced by migrant hotel protests nearby'.

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A police watchdog is set to investigate whether the police who handcuffed Henry Nowak had been influenced by protests at a nearby asylum hotel.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is set to announce this week that the enquiry into Hampshire Police has expanded and will now consider whether officers had mistakenly treated Mr Nowak as a suspect of anti-immigration protests nearby.

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The IOPC has spent six months examining the circumstances around the wrongful handcuffing of Mr Nowak after he was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa five times.The Daily Mail has confirmed that the watchdog reaffirmed its decision not to investigate the conduct of the individual officers involved on the night, and use them as witnesses to their inquiry.

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