Barmaid 'killer': I put my hands round her neck as we made love - and thought she was climaxing when she was actually choking to death

Edward Tenniswood (left) claims India Chipchase (right) instructed him to put his hands around her neck in a moment of 'organic' sex at his rented home in Northampton. 


The 52-year-old claims he then 'blacked out' with fatigue and cuddled up to Ms Chipchase, allegedly believing she was asleep. It was not until he woke up a few hours later that he noticed she wasn't breathing and feared she was dead, he claims. Giving evidence for the first time during his murder trial, Tenniswood told the jury that the moment she choked to death was the moment he believed Ms Chipchase had climaxed. He told Birmingham Crown Court Ms Chipchase had moved his hands to her neck before giving an 'exhaling gasp' during what he described as 'vigorous love-making'. He later went to buy a kebab as she lay dead on a mattress. The book keeper is accused of coaxing 20-year-old Ms Chipchase back to his squalid house in January, before raping her and throttling her to death. He denies the charges.