Money collected will go to the Highmoor Children's Appeal

Stuart Horgan killed himself after being charged with murdering estranged wife Vicky and Emma Walton in Highmoor Cross, Oxfordshire.

Locals went took to the streets on Thursday to raise funds from motorists passing through the village.

All the money raised will go to the Highmoor Children's Appeal.

Mrs Horgan's (centre) children watched as the killings happened

The fund will support Mrs Horgan's daughter Jade, seven, and the child she had with Stuart Horgan, Bobbie, three.

Neighbour Dawn Clarke said: "Everybody is pulling together. These children are lovely girls.

"Everybody wants to do something for the children and give them the best possible start in life.

"People we have stopped today have been fabulous."

Ms Horgan, 27, and 25-year-old Ms Walton, from Reading, Berkshire, were killed with a single-barrelled shotgun on 6 June.

The sisters' mother, Jacqueline, was also critically injured in the shooting and is recovering in hospital.

Mr Horgan killed himself on 20 June with a dismantled disposable razor while in prison.