LONDON: Twenty-year-old Briton, Kiaran Stapleton, charged with the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day, today labelled himself a "psycho" in court and was remanded to custody. Stapleton was remanded to custody for 24 hours at the City of Manchester Magistrates Court.
There was no application for bail and the case has now been sent to the Manchester Crown Court.
Asked to confirm his name and address as per normal procedure in court, the suspect said his name was "Psycho. Psycho Stapleton". Bidve's friends, local leaders and residents prepared to attend a candle-light vigil in his memory today evening at the spot in Salford where he was killed. A similar vigil planned in New Delhi is scheduled to culminate outside the British High Commission. In Salford, hundreds of people are expected to attend the candle-light vigil initially organised by friends of Bidve on Facebook. Senior Labour MP Keith Vaz is also expected to attend the event, besides local leaders and residents appalled at the incident. Officers from the Greater Manchester Police last night left for India to meet Bidve's family. Bidve, 23, who was a postgraduate student of Microelectronics at Lancaster University, died from a single gunshot wound to the head. He was described by tutors as "an outstanding applicant at the very beginning of a promising career". The Greater Manchester Police said the reward of 50,000 pounds for information related to the case was still on offer. Two officers from the police force last night traveled to India to meet the Bidve family in Pune.
There was no application for bail and the case has now been sent to the Manchester Crown Court.
Asked to confirm his name and address as per normal procedure in court, the suspect said his name was "Psycho. Psycho Stapleton". Bidve's friends, local leaders and residents prepared to attend a candle-light vigil in his memory today evening at the spot in Salford where he was killed. A similar vigil planned in New Delhi is scheduled to culminate outside the British High Commission. In Salford, hundreds of people are expected to attend the candle-light vigil initially organised by friends of Bidve on Facebook. Senior Labour MP Keith Vaz is also expected to attend the event, besides local leaders and residents appalled at the incident. Officers from the Greater Manchester Police last night left for India to meet Bidve's family. Bidve, 23, who was a postgraduate student of Microelectronics at Lancaster University, died from a single gunshot wound to the head. He was described by tutors as "an outstanding applicant at the very beginning of a promising career". The Greater Manchester Police said the reward of 50,000 pounds for information related to the case was still on offer. Two officers from the police force last night traveled to India to meet the Bidve family in Pune.