Bidve's Pune-based parents, Subhash and Yogini Bidve, sat Bidve's Pune-based parents, Subhash and Yogini Bidve, sat through the five-week trial at the Manchester Crown Court every day, listening to evidence and watching the remorseless Stapleton at times mock the justice system. Speaking after the sentencing, Subhash Bidve said: "It is very difficult without him, because he was such a lovely son", but was "relieved and satisfied" with Stapleton's conviction. It was "very difficult" to face Stapleton in court every day of the trial. "It took almost five weeks - that is a long time sitting in the court, hearing how he killed him, what was going through his mind when he killed him and what his intentions were. It was very, very difficult every day, sitting and hoping that (Anuj) would get justice," he said. People convicted for murder in UK are usually eligible for parole after around 18 years. Bidve had arrived here last September and was studying postgraduate micro-electronics at a University in Northwest London. Nazir Afzal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West Area, said: "Anuj Bidve's murder in the early hours of Boxing Day last year was a terrible crime which shocked and appalled us all. It is all the more tragic because it was completely senseless". He said Anuj had his whole life ahead of him and was young and bright, a talented student who was enjoying his time at Lancaster University. "Kiaran Stapleton shot Anuj, an innocent and defenceless man, at close range without warning or provocation. "It was a cowardly murder, and his reaction afterwards in trying to cover his tracks, hide from police and evade justice was also cowardly."
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