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A 21-year-old man laughed and ran off after shooting Indian student Anuj Bidve in the head, a court was told.

Kiaran Stapleton, from Ordsall, has already admitted shooting the 23-year-old in Salford on 26 December 2011.

The Crown Prosecution Service did not accept his plea of manslaughter and he is now being tried for murder at Manchester Crown Court.

Opening the case, prosecutor Brian Cummings QC said the defence was likely to call expert psychological and psychiatric evidence in the trial, which is scheduled to last up to four weeks.

The jury was told Mr Stapleton made no admissions when he was first interviewed as a suspect.

But after being charged with murder, and as time progressed, he admitted he was the person who shot and killed Mr Bidve, the prosecutor said.

Mr Bidve's friends had described the gunman and the second male, Ryan Holden, who was with Mr Stapleton at the time.

Police trawled CCTV footage from the area and Mr Holden was arrested on 28 December and Mr Stapleton the day after.

Mr Holden was initially arrested as a suspect, but is now due to appear as a witness for the prosecution.

Mr Holden told police his cousin, Chelsea Holden, had been in a long-term relationship with Mr Stapleton and they had a child together but had split up.

He said he and Mr Stapleton had spent Christmas night together drinking and "chilling", but at one point someone mentioned Ms Holden had slept with another man while she and Mr Stapleton were living together.

Mr Stapleton was angry and said something like "If I see him, I'll kill him", the court heard.

At about midnight the pair went to get some food from a local McDonald's or Kentucky Fried Chicken shop at the top of Ordsall Lane and saw Mr Bidve and his friends.

The court heard they were "not dressed like Salford people" and "seemed to be having a laugh".

Mr Cummings said Mr Stapleton told his friend to wait before he crossed over the road and made a gesture as though he was asking the time.

Mr Holden then saw Mr Stapleton raise his arm again and he heard a loud shot.

"He also heard a lot of screaming and then Mr Stapleton ran back towards him, shouting 'Run!' - but he was already running, Mr Cummings said.

The men ran through the Ordsall Estate to Mr Stapleton's house in Regent Square, where Mr Holden was panicking and his friend told him "don't fold on me".

Mr Stapleton took a shower and told Mr Holden to do the same, but when Mr Holden returned his clothes had vanished and a new set had been provided for him.

Mr Holden's bag that he had with him on the night also disappeared, the court heard.

Both stayed the night at the house and the next day went to Leigh, Greater Manchester, and stayed there before returning to Salford and going their separate ways.

Mr Stapleton checked into the Campanile Hotel in Ordsall, where CCTV showed him looking out of the windows in the direction of the crime scene.

On 28 December, he went from the hotel to the Candy Skull tattoo shop in Swinton, Salford, and had a tear drop design inked on to the side of his face.

Mr Cummings said: "The tattoo shop staff remember his visit because of his behaviour and that of other members of the group and also because of the nature of the tattoo which, amongst other possible meanings, can signify that the wearer has killed someone."

When this was pointed out to him he remarked that he had killed his goldfish, and the tattoo was done for him and he left.

The trial continues.