London: Kiaran "Psycho" Stapleton, who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve last year claims he has the "best cell" in his wing and knows "loads of people" in prison. Stapleton was sentenced to life in prison after he shot 23-year-old Bidve, in the head in Salford, Manchester, on December 26, 2011.
And despite his "sickening" boast, the 21-year-old has begged a judge to reduce his sentence, which he is currently serving at York's tough Full Sutton Prison. In a letter shown to The Sun, he brags: "I sit in my cell waiting for Emmerdale and Coronation Street and eating chocolate."30 isent (sic) that long I don't think enyway I can do it standing on my head 'ha'," the report said.
The note was passed to The Sun by an outraged reader following its 'Say No To Soft Justice' campaign. "The source, who didn't wish to be named, said: 'It's clear Stapleton doesn't care that he's in prison. He thinks he has a cushy life in there. It's disgusting,'" the report said. Despite his boasts, Stapleton pleaded with Court of Appeal judges for a sentence reduction. It is believed he asked for his age and mental health problems to be taken into account.
The judges reserved judgment in the case to a date to be fixed. Bidve had arrived in the UK to study micro-electronics at Lancaster University and was visiting Manchester with a group of friends last Christmas....
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04:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
London: 'Psycho' Stapleton, the Briton who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in an unprovoked attack in 2011 was on Friday given a life term after being held guilty of murder. The UK court has said that a parole for Kiaran Stapleton will be allowed only after 30 years. Anuj's father Subhash Bidve said that he is "satisfied with court's verdict". "No hard feeling with anyone, I congratulate the police....
04:53 PM, Jul 27, 2012
British national Kiaran Stapleton, who calls himself a psycho, was on Thursday found guilty of the murder of an Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26, 2011. ...
08:56 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The main accused in the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26, 2011 pleaded guilty on Friday in a Manchester court. Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day. Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student Bidve was walking with friends...
03:57 PM, Jun 01, 2012
London: A youth, who described himself as "Psycho Stapleton", accused of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve in December last year appeared in a British court today. Kiaran Stapleton, 20, from Ordsall, Salford, appeared at the plea and case management hearing at Manchester Crown Court via videolink. Twenty three-year-old Bidve, a Lancaster University student, was staying with friends in the Manchester area when he was shot in the head at close...
07:21 PM, Mar 20, 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
Indian Student Anuj Bidve's murder in Manchester has brought the focus back on racially motivated crimes in the UK. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Pune: Anuj Bidve's friends and family paid their final tribute and cremated him in Pune on Saturday. But their fight for justice, they say, will continue for their son, an innocent 23-year-old, who was shot dead in UK on Boxing Day. Anuj's friends and family paid their last tribute to him on Saturday after his body was brought back to India from the UK where he was shot dead in...
07:33 AM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: The last rites of murdered student Anuj Bidve were performed in Pune on Saturday evening. Bidve's body was brought back earlier in the day by his parents from the UK. The Bidves had flown to the UK to bring back his body. Twenty three-year-old Bidve was shot dead in Salford in Manchester on Boxing Day. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on...
09:11 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. ...
05:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Mumbai: Anuj Bidve's body was brought back on Saturday morning by his parents from the UK. The last rites of the 23-year old will be performed in Pune on Saturday evening. Bidve was shot dead in Salford in Manchester on Boxing Day. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. One local, a 20-year old man, who calls...
01:14 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The family of Pune's Anuj Bidve, who was killed in Manchester on Boxing Day, is bringing the 23-year old's body home. They are expected to arrive in Mumbai via a British Airways flight on Saturday morning. His last rites will be held on Saturday evening in Pune. Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed for justice. One...
08:45 AM, Jan 07, 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
The Bidve family will leave for Manchester later on Thursday and will visit the site of the gruesome incident in Salford on Friday. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Anuj Bidve's family has reached the UK to bring his body home. The family is expected to return to Pune on Saturday. The 23-year-old micro-electronics student was shot dead in Manchester on Boxing Day, December 26; in what police say was an assault without a motive. Bidve's body was handed over to the Indian High Commission after the second post-mortem was conducted. One local 20-year-old Kiara Stapleton who...
06:05 AM, Jan 05, 2012
London: Family of slain Indian student Anuj Bidve arrived in London from India on Wednesday evening to take the body of the 23-year-old back home for final rites. Victim's father Subhash Bidve, who arrived along with Anuj's mother and brother-in-law, will meet MP Keith Vaz, Chairman of the Britain's Home Affairs Committee, in the Parliament House on Thursday. Vaz said: "I am pleased to welcome the Bidve family to Parliament....
02:26 AM, Jan 05, 2012
London: Universities UK, the representative body of varsities in the UK, on Wednesday sought to reassure Indian and other international students that the country is "safe and tolerant" with low levels of violence and street crime. Expressing sadness at the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford on December 26 in an unprovoked attack, Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, said that such incidents were rare in the...
09:46 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Mumbai: The family of Anuj Bidve, the Indian student killed in the UK, has left for London to bring home his body. His father, mother and brother-in-law have gone to bring his body back. The UK police handed over Anuj Bidve's body to the Indian High Commission on Tuesday evening after a second post mortem was done. Manchester Police officials had met the Bidve family in Pune on Tuesday. 23-year-old...
01:31 PM, Jan 04, 2012
