Vikram Digva’s mother has been jailed for helping hide the knife used in the murder of teenager Henry Novak after she took the weapon from her son and hid it in their Southampton home, the BBC reports.Kiran Kaur, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison at Southampton Crown Court after being found guilty of assisting an offender. Prosecutors said she discarded the murder weapon after her son, Vikram Digva, stabbed 18-year-old Henry Novak while returning home from a night out on December 3 last year.DeGwa was sentenced to life in prison in June and must serve a minimum of 21 years after pleading guilty to Henry’s murder.According to the prosecution, Digva handed over the 21 cm knife to his mother immediately after the attack. She took it home, where police recovered it from her bedroom along with more than 20 ceremonial and other weapons during a search conducted seven days after the murder.Sentencing Kaur, Judge William Mousley KC said that a responsible parent should have encouraged their son to face the consequences of his actions rather than helping him avoid arrest. He told the court that placing the knife among other weapons helped to conceal its significance and was intended to prevent it being linked to the murder.The case also examined the police response to a stabbing incident. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary previously released body-worn camera footage, with the permission of Henry’s family, which showed officers handcuffing the teen after DeGwa falsely claimed he acted in self-defense after a racially motivated attack.The footage captured Henry repeatedly telling officers that he had been stabbed and was struggling to breathe before falling unconscious. An officer informed him that he was under arrest for assault while he was lying on the ground.Two police officers from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are under investigation for possible gross misconduct over their actions at the scene.