AN inquest has been opened into the death of a student who was stabbed on a night out.
Henry Charles Lawrence Nowak, 18, of Edmund Road, Chafford Hundred, Greys, died in Belmont Road, Southampton, on Thursday, December 4, a court heard.
The inquest into his death was opened and suspended at Winchester Coroners' Court on Tuesday, December 23, by senior coroner Christopher Wilkinson.
Mr Wilkinson said: "During an altercation in Belmont Road on December 3, he suffered a stab wound to his chest. He died at the scene.
"A male has been arrested and charged with murder."
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According to the coroner, the preliminary cause of death has been given as a stab wound to the chest, with Mr Wilkinson saying that he is still waiting on the results of a toxicology report.
He has suspended the inquest until the conclusion of the criminal investigation.
As previously reported, Vickrum Digwar is accused of murdering Mr Nowak.
Digwar, 22, of St Denys Road, Southampton, is also accused of being in possession with a bladed article.
His mother, Kiran Kaur, 52, also of St Denys Road, is accused of assisting an offender by removing a knife from the scene of the incident.
Mr Nowak was a student at the University of Southampton, where he was studying Accountancy and Finance.
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