A man accused of the terror-related murder of an 82-year-old grandfather as he walked home from a mosque will face trial at the Old Bailey next year.

Pavlo Lapshyn, a postgraduate student from Dnipropetrovsk, is charged with killing Mohammed Saleem in Birmingham in April.

The 25-year-old has also been charged with three further offences related to three explosions near mosques in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Tipton.

He appeared at the Old Bailey today via videolink from Belmarsh prison, dressed in black.

A plea and case management hearing was set for October 21, and a provisional trial date was set for January 14.

No application for bail was made, and Lapshyn was remanded in custody until the next hearing.

The student, who was in the UK on a sponsored work placement at a software firm based in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, was arrested on suspicion of Mr Saleem's murder on July 20.

The pensioner was fatally stabbed just yards from his house as he walked home alone after worship, on April 29.

Lapshyn is also charged with engaging in conduct of preparation of terrorist acts between April 24 and July 18, in connection with three separate explosions in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Tipton.

He faces two counts of unlawfully and maliciously causing an explosion with the intent to danger life or cause serious injury to a person or property on June 21 and July 12, following the explosions in Walsall and Tipton respectively.