Henry Nowak latest: Violent clashes with cops in ‘unacceptable’ Southampton protests

Times Radio’s Kate McCann broke down live on air while discussing the footage of Henry Nowak being handcuffed by police as he lay dying.

In body-worn camera footage from the incident, Mr Nowak can be heard repeatedly saying: “I’ve been stabbed,” to which an officer replies: “Don’t think you have, mate.”

Discussing the video with co-host Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast, McCann said: “I think I, I watched that footage this morning and I just, I found that, even, I found that really, I found that really upsetting to listen to in audio because you can hear him.”

She paused and became tearful before adding: “Sorry… you can hear him, he can’t breathe, you can hear him saying ‘I can’t breathe’. How could you not…’

McCann later said: “However you look at it you can’t deny that that’s an 18-year-old boy who is clearly in difficulty, and exactly as you said there, you could look at it and just separate everybody, the scene is not complicated or fraught. But for that to be the last thing you hear, I just think that’s unforgiveable.

“And what’s worse is that some of these officers were allowed to resign their positions before there was any investigation into this.”