Peter Hitchens writes about the treatment of Henry Nowak and his attacker

Peter Hitchens publishes an opinion piece claiming that Henry Nowak was treated as a criminal as he lay dying, while the man who stabbed him was treated more leniently. The article argues that policing and the criminal justice system have, in Hitchens’s view, been shaped by broader social and political changes in Britain since the 1980s. Hitchens frames the incident as an example of what he describes as a long-running pattern in how authorities respond to suspects and victims. Rather than presenting new investigative details, the piece centers on Hitchens’s interpretation of the handling of the two men and his broader criticism of police practices. The text provided does not include specific facts such as dates, charges, court outcomes, or direct quotations from officials. Instead, it focuses on Hitchens’s argument about perceived differences in treatment and what he believes those differences reflect.