Two admit violent disorder after Henry Nowak protest

Two men have pleaded guilty to violent disorder following a protest in Southampton over the murder of Henry Nowak.

Earlier police said a further six men have been charged in relation to the incident in which eleven police officers and a police dog were injured as missiles including wheelie bins and chairs were thrown at officers on Tuesday 2 June.

The protest happened after police bodycam footage was released showing Nowak, 18, from Essex, handcuffed as he lay dying after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was jailed for life on 1 June.

Hampshire police said 20 people had now been charged following the protests.

Three people appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Monday and a further six are due before the court later.

Jordan Hambleton, 19, of Rollesbrook Gardens, Southampton pleaded guilty to violent disorder in Southampton on 2 June. He will be sentenced on Tuesday.

Leon O’Leary, 41 and of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to violent disorder. He also pleaded guilty to obstructing/resisting a constable and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place on Sunday in Basingstoke. He will be sentenced on Tuesday at Southampton Crown Court.

Kamil Josef Klonek, 33, of Lordswood Road in Southampton, who is charged with violent disorder, entered no plea. The court heard he is alleged to have thrown a beer can towards police on 2 June. He will appear at Southampton Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on Thursday.

Those charged and due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court later are:

Benjamin Jones, 23, of Locksley Road, Eastleigh, who has been charged with violent disorder.

Tyler Burley, 18, of Shakespeare Avenue, Southampton, charged with violent disorder.

Mariusz Szczyglo, 45, of Grove Road, Southampton, charged with violent disorder.

Harley Haynes, 23, of Avenue Road, Southampton, charged with affray.

Two other men were charged on Sunday with violent disorder and will appear in court later:

Darren Medhurst, 36, of Carnation Road, Southampton

Callum Darch, 27, of St Blaize Road, Romsey

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

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

BBC News