DEVIZES bakery worker Jenny Stickley, who pledged to stand by her Polish boyfriend when he was arrested in Subway as one of the world's most wanted criminals, was shocked when he admitted to a London court he is Piotr Kupiec.

Miss Stickley, 20, had known him as Lukasz Gluch but on Friday he told Westminster magistrates he was Kupiec who is wanted by Polish police in connection with the murder a 17-year-old man after a football match in September 2007.

She broke down in tears when she finally realised he was not the man she thought he was. She told a national newspaper: "I’m even more shocked now.

“I didn’t expect him to be that person he has admitted he is. I’m still heartbroken - I need to talk to him and find out what’s going on.

"He didn’t mention anything about being Piotr Kupiec when he phoned me the other day.

"Everybody in the prison was going up to him and saying: ‘Hey Lucasz, you’re famous’."

The Gazette revealed two weeks ago that Kupiec was arrested in the Devizes branch of Subway by Wiltshire officers working on behalf of Interpol. It merged that under the name of Gluch he had many friends in the town and was a regular at a private gym.

Last week Ms Stickley, who had worked with him at Subway and had planned to marry him, spoke out in his defence. Even now she has pledged to stand by him as he has not been convicted.

She said that when he rang her from prison he was complaining about not getting enough food and described his cell.

She said: "It is 12-foot by six-foot with a toilet, sink, TV and two bunk beds - but no kettle. He shares it with another person.

"He was really grateful for everything I’ve done and I will still give him the support because it has not yet been proved he is guilty of the crime.

“But this has all come as a big shock - that he has admitted being Piotr Kupiec.”

Kupiec is thought to have been living in Britain for eight years. He could face a maximum 25 years in jail under Polish law if his is convicted of murder or attempted murder.

Kupiec wore a black Detroit hoodie for the five-minute extradition court hearing on Friday and was remanded in custody to appear before the same court on March 9.