A nightclub doorman was remanded in custody today after appearing in court accused of murdering Leeds traffic policeman Pc Ian Broadhurst.

David Francis Bieber, also known as Nathan Wayne Coleman, appeared for a 10-minute hearing at Leeds Crown Court where he is charged with murdering PC Broadhurst, 34, and attempting to murder his colleagues PC Neil Roper, 45, and PC James Banks, 26, on Boxing Day.

Bieber, 35, of Springwood Road, Leeds, was remanded in custody to appear at a plea and directions hearing at Leeds Crown Court on February 18.

There was no application for bail.

Bieber sat in the dock flanked by five prison officers for the short hearing, which took place amid high security with armed officers stationed both inside and outside the court building.

The defendant, who was sporting short, bright ginger hair and was clean-shaven, spoke only to confirm his name.

US-born Bieber wore a blue and white striped, buttoned-up shirt and black jeans-type trousers.

He showed no emotion during the hearing, sitting between two of the officers, with his hands clasped together.

Claudia Thompson, defending, told Judge Norman Jones, the Recorder of Leeds, there would be no application for bail.

No pleas were entered.

Judge Jones told Bieber he was being remanded in custody and would have to appear again for the hearing in February.

The judge also said a trial date had been fixed for June 9.

Also in the packed court was the brother of Pc Broadhurst, Steven, who sat with other officers, including Detective Superintendent Chris Gregg who has been leading the murder inquiry.

Pc Broadhurst died in a shooting incident in Dib Lane in Oakwood, Leeds, when he and Pc Roper began investigating a suspicious car and they put the driver in the back of their patrol vehicle.

Pc Roper was injured in the incident and remains in hospital.

The third officer, Pc Banks, had responded to a back-up call and is alleged to have also been shot at but escaped injury when the round ricocheted off his radio.

Bieber was arrested at a hotel in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, after a nationwide police hunt.