Overview

• Nur, 47, admitted murdering 37-year-old Gurvinder Singh Johal in open court at Derby Crown Court.
• Judge Shaun Smith KC remanded him in custody and confirmed the minimum term will be set at the October 29 sentencing.
• Johal was stabbed inside the Lloyds Bank on St Peter’s Street on May 6 and was pronounced dead at the scene around 2.35pm.
• The defendant appeared in a grey prison-issue tracksuit, was flanked by guards, and used a Somali interpreter during the plea.
• Police and CPS officials welcomed the guilty plea for sparing the family a trial, and tributes recalled Johal, known as Danny, as a respected local restaurateur.