London: British national Kiaran Stapleton was on Thursday found guilty of the murder of an Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26.
Stapleton had admitted manslaughter but not murder, on grounds of diminished responsibility.
His plea was not accepted by the court and the case proceeded to trial that heard evidence from psychologists who interviewed and assessed him.
The trial of Kiaran Stapleton was attended by Bidve's parents, who have flown in from Pune....
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06:34 PM, Jul 26, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's alma mater, Lancaster University is setting up a scholarship in memory of the Indian student whose killing in an unprovoked attack in the UK evoked widespread sympathy and outrage. "The scholarship is a fitting and lasting way of remembering Anuj, who was an outstanding student," said Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Professor Mark E Smith. Bidve, 23, was studying engineering at Lancaster when he was killed in Salford on...
07:08 PM, Feb 04, 2012
London: Tributes were paid to the memory of Indian student Anuj Bidve at Lancaster University, where he was enrolled for a post-graduate qualification before being killed in an unprovoked attack in Salford on December 26. Over 200 students and staff gathered at the memorial service at the Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre on Saturday. The university is discussing with Anuj's family what sort of tribute would be a fitting way to...
09:22 AM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Demanding justice for his son Anuj Bidve, the family of the slain Indian student on Friday visited the spot where he was killed and thanked the British government for its support. "We have made the journey from India to see the place where Anuj died and take his body back to India. This was a difficult journey to make. When Anuj left India last year he was full...
04:50 PM, Jan 06, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's family has been making a desperate plea for justice in the UK for their 23-year-old son who was killed on December 26. The family will visit the spot where Bidve was shot dead, and is expected to fly back home with his body on Saturday. On Thursday Anuj Bidve's parents went to the UK Parliament to discuss concerns over the investigation into his murder. A 20-year-old has...
06:11 AM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Family of slain Indian student Anuj Bidve on Thursday visited the UK Parliament. Anuj's father Subhash Bidve said that justice is yet to come and at this point he can't say that he is satisfied with the progress. "I humbly request to make sure that students who come here can study here and go back to their countries. I am very thankful and obliged to everyone. Justice is...
05:55 PM, Jan 05, 2012
London: A 20-year-old Briton has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day in an unprovoked incident. Kiaran Stapleton, from the Ordsall area, has been charged with the murder and will appear before the City of Manchester Magistrates' Court today, the police said, adding that the investigation was continuing. Bidve (23) was shot in the head...
11:02 AM, Jan 02, 2012
Pune: Despite assurances from the UK and Indian authorities, the grieving parents of slain city student Anuj Bidve are still running from pillar to post to expedite repatriation of his body awaiting a second post mortem in Manchester where he became a victim of an apparent hate crime. Still in a state of shock following the killing of the 23-year-old who left the city about three months back to study...
12:10 PM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi: A trip to Manchester during the Christmas break became his last for Anuj Bidve, an Indian student in the UK. Twenty three-year-old Anuj, a student at Lancaster University, was shot in the head by a British youth on December 26. Anuj was with a group of Indian friends when the attack happened. Shockingly, he was killed for failing to answer a simple question - What's the time? Bidve's...
08:51 AM, Dec 29, 2011
