Pictures from inside the home of India Chipchase's killer show the bizarre state of the house where the 'odd ball fantastist' killed his tragic victim.

Edward Tenniswood, 52, was today convicted of raping and murdering the 20-year-old, who he ushered into a taxi after finding her drunk outside a Northampton nightclub.

The jury heard during the trial how Tenniswood lived in a home that he himself described as 'squalid', and where only the upstairs was habitable.

Edward Tenniswood, who raped and murdered India Chipchase, told the jury he had OCD

Ms Chipchase's body was found on a mattress upstairs in the property, covered in a sheet

He made up claims about the night he killed India and was today convicted of the murder

Tenniswood told the court he had OCD and 'hated dirt', despite having no medical diagnosis.

He had no heating or carpets at the property and said he 'generally wore latex gloves' when inside due to his supposed affliction.

He laid newspapers down symmetrically by the front door and dustsheets covered boxes in each room that he said were stashed full of 'hoarded memoirs'.

Tenniswood had newspaper and magazine clippings in his kitchen that he said were of 'women who looked like my ex girlfriends, sort of monuments to them'.

The house, which Tenniswood rented for five years, went on the market in early 2014 but is believed to have been withdrawn from sale by his landlord two months later.

MailOnline understands the pictures now revealed were taken by a local estate agent at that time, when Tenniswood was living in the property less than a year before he killed Miss Chipchase.

Photos from inside his house show how he covered all surfaces to ensure they were clean

The court heard he hoarded old newspapers and 'memoirs' which he covered in dust sheets

Tenniswood told the court he had been in the rented terraced home for five years

Tenniswood claimed Miss Chipchase came back to his house on the night she was killed, but that she died accidentally during consensual sex.

The prosecution said his account was nothing more than a series of lies and a jury at Birmingham Crown Court today convicted him of rape and murder.

The court heard India probably passed out shortly after arriving at Tenniswood's home and was killed shortly afterwards.

The jury heard her boyfriend Grant Hare desperately tried calling her three times shortly after 3am but it rang out each time.

Friction marks on Tenniswood's legs and scratch marks to the left side of his neck suggest India fought him off after waking up to find him on top of her.

A neighbour who saw Tenniswood helping Miss Chipchase into his home was the last person to see her alive

The house was full of newspapers and magazine cuttings of attractive women, the court heard

Prosecutor Chris Donnellan QC said Tenniswood 'exercised his power' when he could not get what he wanted, put his hands on her neck and 'squeezed until she could resist no more.'

India's body was found at 3.45pm on Sunday, January 31, when officers broke into 6 Stanley Road, Northampton, where Tenniswood lived.

On a mattress in an upstairs bedroom, fully clothed, and covered in a sheet up to her face, India lay lifeless with her hair 'pulled up' and 'displayed like a halo'.

Pathologist Michael Biggs said India died as a result of 'blunt force trauma' and 'pressure on the neck' consistent with an assault.