There doesn't appear to have been an application for bail.
It's possible that his solicitor has advised him that he would be safer to remain in custody.
Safer physically and also hard to incriminate yourself further if you are banged up in cell. Unless of course you are talking to a prison chaplain who violates your expectation of privacy (Vicent Tabak flashback).
I am not too sure of procedure here because we have started in such a low Court instead of the High Court
It might be simply that as he was charged late on a sunday nite he is swiftly before the magistrate monday am and banged up.
Now that the matter is transferred to the Crown Court, any bail application would be made there, once his barrister has time to prepare?
So in other words, his counsel doesn't argue this on his feet in the magistrates court because it is not the correct venue?
I do agree that he may not want to get out right now.