Colleagues of a Luton-based air stewardess who was killed three years ago have raised £5,600 for charity in her memory.
Colleagues and family of Thomson cabin crew member Sandra Crawford gathered at the company’s HQ in Wigmore Lane to present the cheque to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Mrs Crawford was stabbed by mentally ill Jonathan London at her home in St Albans in April 2010 and died eight days later. Her son, James, now 21, found his mother being attacked and killed Mr London in self-defence.
It was the air ambulance that took Mrs Crawford to hospital, and colleagues Carly Swaine and Hazel Hunt decided a fundraising masquerade ball would be a fitting tribute to her.
“We still miss her all the time. Sandy was so glamorous and we could imagine her getting ready for the ball, getting dressed up and doing her nails,” said Hazel.
More than 150 people attended the event, which was held at the Riverside suite at Vauxhall Recreation Centre last month and was sponsored by companies including Bartham Press and Tufty’s Flowers in Eaton Green Road.