Kiaran Stapleton, who was accused of killing Indian student Anuj Bidve, today pleaded guilty of manslaughter.
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The main accused in the sensational murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26 last year pleaded guilty today in a Manchester court.u00a0
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Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day.u00a0
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Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder.u00a0
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Anuj Bidve (File photo)
Lancaster University student Bidve was walking with friends in Salford when he was shot in the head at close range.u00a0
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Bidve, who was a postgraduate student of Microelectronics at Lancaster University, died from the single gunshot wound.u00a0
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Hundreds of people had attended emotional candle-light vigils in Salford and New Delhi as the incident hit the headlines across India and Britain.u00a0
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Bidve's parents had arrived in the UK to collect the body for cremation in Pune.
