India Chipchase: man found guilty of killing barmaid

Police have admitted they were already investigating the man jailed for murdering Northampton barmaid India Chipchase before her murder.

52-year-old Edward Tenniswood is serving a 30 year sentence for her rape and murder.

Northampton Police say they had spoken to Tenniswood about an incident in 2004 - which wasn't reported to them until last year.

It meant that when he was seen with India on CCTV footage they knew who he was and where he lived.

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Edward Tenniswood who was found guilty of raping and murdering India Chipchase in Northampton has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 30 years.

He had always denied the charges but a jury at Birmingham Crown Court took less than two hours to return a guilty verdict.

The father of India Chipchase has said there should be no possibility of another woman falling into the hands of her killer.

Northamptonshire Police have released a video of Jeremy Chipchase reading a victim impact statement, which was shown during the two-week trial.

52-year-old Edward Tenniswood was today (Tuesday 2 August) found guilty of India's rape and murder, after finding her in a drunken state outside a Northampton nightclub.

A jury took just one hour and 45 minutes to convict him.

You can watch the full statement below:

Photographs show the inside of India Chipchase's killers home where he raped and murdered the 20-year-old in the early hours of 30 January.

Edward Tenniswood lived alone, in squalid surroundings, at a terraced house in Stanley Road, Northampton.

Tenniswood claimed he kept the pictures of women in his home, which was covered in dust sheets and cling film, as "memories of ex-girlfriends".

When police smashed down the door of his house, having traced Ms Chipchase's mobile to the address, they found her fully-clothed body lying on a mattress in a dimly-lit upstairs bedroom.

Police have released CCTV footage of Edward Tenniswood approaching India Chipchase on the night he killed her.

It shows him speaking to the 20-year-old barmaid outside NB's nightclub in Northampton, where she had been for a night out with friends.

The 52-year-old former book-keeper was convicted of her rape and murder today at Birmingham Crown Court.

A man has been found guilty of murdering and raping a barmaid in Northampton.

Edward Tenniswood had always denied the murder and rape of India Chipchase in the early hours of Saturday 30 January.

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