2 January 2012
Last updated at 22:43 ET
Anuj Bidve was shot at close range in Ordsall Lane in Salford
The man accused of the Boxing Day murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve will make his second court appearance in 24 hours later.
Kiaran Stapleton, 20, from Salford, is due to appear before a judge at Manchester Crown Court.
At magistrates’ court on Monday he referred to himself as “Psycho Stapleton” when asked his name.
Mr Bidve, a 23-year-old micro-electronics student, was shot in the head at close range.
He had been studying at Lancaster University and was visiting friends in Greater Manchester over Christmas.
As they walked along Ordsall Lane, Salford, at about 01:30 GMT on Boxing Day, Mr Bidve was shot. He died later in hospital.
Mr Stapleton appeared at City of Manchester Magistrates’ Court following his arrest last Thursday.
Mr Bidve’s father, Subhash, described Anuj as a “loving son, a super-caring brother and first and forever a friend for many”.
He was critical of the way British and Indian authorities initially handled the case after learning of his son’s death on
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