Co-founder of HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust dies

Martyn Butler founded the trust after his friend Terrence Higgins died from Aids (Picture: PA)

The founder of a leading HIV and Aids charity has died following a sudden illness.

Martyn Butler, 71, co-founded the Terrence Higgins Trust in 1982 after the death of his friend Terry, the first person to die of Aids in the UK.

Along with Mr Higgins’ boyfriend, Rupert Whitaker, Mr Butler established the charity to support people living with Aids and share information about preventing the transmission of HIV.