In handcuffs, the man accused of murdering PC

The man accused of murdering PC Jon Henry was remanded in custody yesterday.

Ikechukwu Tennyson Obih appeared in court charged with stabbing to death the 36-yearold father of one.

The Nigerian, who arrived in the UK in 2000 and was later granted indefinite leave to remain, was handcuffed to a prison guard and flanked by three policemen.

The 27-year-old was also charged with the attempted murders of window cleaners Steven Chamberlain and David Knight.

He faces a fourth charge - related to a separate incident on Monday - of armed burglary.

Obih, who was wearing a blue jumper and light trousers and had a large plaster over his left eye, was ordered to remove his hand from his pocket by the clerk of Luton Magistrates' Court as he stood in the dock.

He spoke only to confirm his name and address during the 15-minute hearing, during which he heard an outline of the prosecution case against him.

He was then led, head bowed, to a waiting prison van.

Defence solicitor Andy Smith made no application for bail and chairman of the bench, Keith Ford, remanded Obih in custody.

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He was arrested on Monday morning following an incident outside Marks & Spencer in Luton town centre.

Mr Henry, who was wearing protective body armour, was seriously injured at the scene while answering the 999 call. He died from his wounds shortly afterwards.

He had been on duty for less than half an hour.

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Mr Chamberlain, 53, is still in hospital where he is being treated for knife wounds that include a punctured lung. Mr Knight received stitches for a wound to his arm.

Mr Henry, a former baker and floor layer, applied to become a policeman when younger but was turned down.

He was finally signed up by Bedfordshire Police three years ago.

His widow, Mary, sobbed at a press conference on Tuesday when she spoke of losing "my husband, my world, my best friend".

"He died, unfortunately, but he died doing the job he loved," said Mrs Henry, 32.

"My only feelings are grief and, of course, missing him and concern for our child."

Her husband, she added, had been "fun-loving, a true friend, a loyal and devoted husband and father, a caring person who always had time for others, a man with a fantastic sense of humour".

The pair had been married for less than two years.

Of the couple's daughter, Maggie, who is about to celebrate her first birthday, Mr Henry's sister, Georgina Henry-Brock, said: "He saw her first steps but will never hear her first words. Never see her first school play or sports day. Never see her fall in love or grow and run and jump.

"She will never know her dad, the gentle giant."

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Obih, from Luton, was remanded to appear at the town's crown court, via video link, on June 26.