A feminine ex-police officer has been compelled to maneuver to a secure home after she was wrongly recognized on-line as being concerned within the Henry Nowak homicide case.
Christi Hill, who served as a police constable for 12 years, has had her title and {photograph} circulated on social media, alongside accusations of her being a ‘assassin’.
The under-fire former officer has now accused Hampshire Constabulary of a ‘clear lack of assist’ to ‘rectify’ the state of affairs as she hunkers down in a secure area, scared for her security.
Mr Nowak, 18, was handcuffed by police and wrongly accused of being a racist as he lay dying on the ground after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, in December final 12 months.
The sufferer had instructed police he had been stabbed and couldn’t breathe however was not believed by the officers who detained him.
In the meantime Digwa, who was jailed for homicide for 21 years on Monday, was not even handcuffed when he was taken into custody.
Anger has reached boiling level over the horrific incident with false claims made on-line over who had been the arresting officers.
Christi Hill, who served as a police constable for 12 years, has had her title and {photograph} circulated on social media, alongside accusations of her being a ‘assassin’
Henry Nowak, 18, was a finance pupil on the College of Southampton and was described as ‘sort and proficient’ by his household
Police bodycam footage exhibits harmless sufferer Henry Nowak, 18, being compelled into handcuffs by officers after he was stabbed repeatedly by a knife-obsessed Sikh man
Anti-police protesters took to the streets of Southampton yesterday, to indicate their fury on the method the police handled Mr Nowak amid claims of two-tier policing.
Hampshire Constabulary has mentioned that they won’t be naming the officers concerned.
The claims on-line have included the wrongful incrimination of Ms Hill and one other officer.
This comes after House Secretary Shabana Mahmood yesterday mentioned a male police officer had been misidentified as a type of concerned and that he needed to transfer out of his dwelling.
The damaging allegations have now additionally been revealed on AI platform Grok.
Ms Hill served as an officer in Portsmouth for 12 years earlier than leaving the drive in April 2024 – 20 months earlier than the homicide happened.
She has now launched an announcement, which reads: ‘I’m penning this publish with a heavy coronary heart, each out of deep unhappiness for a tragic occasion and out of a necessity to guard my repute, security and peace of thoughts.
‘At present, my title and picture have been broadly circulated on social media, and now by AI platforms similar to Grok, falsely figuring out me as one of many arresting officers within the Henry Nowak case.
‘To be completely clear, I used to be not concerned on this incident. The truth is, I left Hampshire Constabulary in April 2024.
‘The tragic occasions involving Henry Nowak occurred in December 2025.
Assassin Vickrum Digwa is seen mendacity to police as he tells them {the teenager} ripped off his turban in a racist assault
A picture issued by the Crown Prosecution Service exhibits the eight-inch ceremonial dagger utilized by Digwa
Assassin Digwa lied to police on the scene, telling officers Mr Nowak had not been stabbed and had as a substitute assault him
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Ought to police do extra to guard harmless individuals from on-line misinformation and public outrage?
‘The confusion stems from a nationwide police bravery award media launch. A photograph of myself and a former colleague who has additionally been wrongfully focused is being repeatedly shared and misattributed to this case.
‘It’s alarming to see how rapidly a chunk of outdated media could be weaponised by algorithms and accepted as reality by AI platforms, regardless of being factually not possible.
‘It’s deeply unsettling to have my title wrongly hooked up to such a high-profile and delicate matter while there was a transparent lack of assist from Hampshire Constabulary in rectifying this false narrative in a well timed method.
‘My main ideas stay with the household affected by this tragedy. They deserve justice and readability, not the noise of on-line misinformation.
‘I kindly ask my community to assist share this clarification.’
The previous officer’s mom Nikki Hill added: ‘It has been horrible seeing her title and face everywhere in the web calling her a assassin.’
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesperson mentioned: ‘We all know there was important commentary following the sentencing of Vickrum Digwa and we recognise the will for solutions concerning the police response that night time.
‘Nonetheless, what we can not settle for is the numerous unfold of misinformation on-line by these intent on inflicting additional concern and division by making threats to officers and sharing names which are merely not true.
‘A police officer unrelated to this case has been misidentified on-line and topic to demise threats.
‘The Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC) is constant its unbiased investigation into our response on the night time in query, following our self-referral the following day.
‘Whereas that progresses, we ask that folks keep away from dangerous hypothesis on-line.’
