UK court lengthens jail term for Sikh who murdered student

LONDON: England’s Court of Appeal on Thursday increased by four years the prison sentence imposed on a British Sikh for murdering a teenager in a racially tinged case that sparked public revulsion and protests. The three-judge panel ratcheted up from 21 to 25 years the minimum life term Vickrum Digwa will serve for killing student Henry Nowak last year, ruling the initial sentence was unduly lenient. Nowak was handcuffed by police as he lay dying having been stabbed multiple times by Digwa, who falsely told officers he had been racially abused by the 18-year-old. The high-profile case sparked…