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IrelandHenry Nowak's family describe learning the truth at his killer's trial
Good Morning Britain's report hears how assurances about police conduct gave way to distressing bodycam footage the family had not previously seen.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 435,816 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (18,662).
Henry Nowak’s family say police misled them
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- 0:50Distressing bodycam footage shows officers handcuffing the fatally injured Henry as he asks for help.
- 2:14The family describe receiving assurances about police conduct before discovering the footage at the trial.
- 5:43The programme reads the constabulary's apology and the police watchdog's commitment to investigate.
- 25:17Brand examines the watchdog's pre-trial letter stating there were no misconduct concerns.
- 30:30Brand reports that the family stopped a planned police press release framing Henry as the attacker.
Henry Nowak's family were told there were no concerns about officers' actions on the night he was murdered. They only discovered what the police bodycam footage showed on the first day of his killer's trial, they tell ITV News' Paul Brand.
Their account is at the centre of Good Morning Britain's report, "Henry Nowak's family say police misled them", which has drawn more than 400,000 views before completing its first day, far beyond the programme's usual audience for a regular upload.
The report contains distressing footage of officers handcuffing Henry, an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed in Southampton, as he asks for help. His mother, Lucy Ross, says: "Henry told the police nine times that he can't breathe. He can't breathe, and he's been stabbed."
His father Mark, stepmother Katie and sister Olivia describe the questions they faced afterwards and their dealings with police. Katie says she fears the family were manipulated in their darkest hours. Brand also reports that the family intervened to stop a planned police press release framing Henry as the attacker.
The broadcast includes Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's apology for failing Henry and the Independent Office for Police Conduct's commitment to a full investigation. The studio discussion addresses the reopened gross-misconduct investigation and an independent inquiry led by Alex Chalk KC.
Two shorter extracts of the family's account have also drawn unusually large early audiences. The full interview forms part of the ITV Tonight special "Dear Henry: Our Fight for Justice", scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 9pm.
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- Channel
- Good Morning Britain
- Subscribers
- 1,380,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,495,019
- Channel views, pace per day
- 813,649 (on a normal day: 492,113)
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 401,996 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 435,816
The numbers
The main report and both shorter extracts drew substantially larger early audiences than Good Morning Britain's usual uploads in their respective formats.
