India Chipchase: Brother backs charity founded after sister's murder

Harry Chipchase helped raise £7,319 for Northampton Guardians by running last month's London Marathon

The brother of a woman who was murdered after a night out has helped raise more than £7,300 for a charity founded in her memory.

India Chipchase, 20, was found dead at a house in Northampton in 2016.

Northampton Guardians was set up after her death and supports a team of volunteers in making sure vulnerable adults get home safely.

Harry Chipchase said he wanted to support the charity in growing its number of volunteers.

Last month, Mr Chipchase and his late sister's friend Izzy raised £7,319 for Northampton Guardians by completing the London Marathon.

He said that the memory of his sister pushed him to complete the challenge.

"You get to the end and you think of why you're doing it," he said. "There was no way I was going to stop".

Mr Chipchase said that the memory of his sister pushed him to complete the challenge

Mr Chipchase said Northampton Guardians currently has 21 volunteers.

He said: "You can imagine there's a minimum of four or five of them [volunteers] out a night so the turnaround [of shifts] comes around very quickly for them.

"They don't get much time off and it would be amazing if they could get a couple more [volunteers], so they could share the workload a little bit."

India Chipchase, 20, was found dead at a house in Northampton in 2016

Ms Chipchase was raped and murdered by 52-year-old Edward Tenniswood, who promised to get her home safe after they met outside a Northampton nightclub.

Mr Chipchase, who was 18 at the time of his sister's death, said he struggled to return to the town centre "for quite some time" and said that "being a youngster I wanted to go out... but I didn't go out in Northampton."

He said that with the help of "a really good set of mates" he eventually returned to the town centre and although "the thought [of India] is always there, it's OK now".

Mr Chipchase said: "We have had such a huge amount of support from Northampton as a town and from our family and friends. We're forever grateful for that."

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