The graduate of England’s University of Lincoln died some time between December 1 and 2, 2018, after she went on a Tinder date with the man in Auckland's CBD.
The Crown, at trial, said Kempson strangled Grace Millane for a prolonged period. He then took intimate photos of her naked body and searched degrading pornography on his phone.
On December 3, he buried her body in the Waitākere Ranges.
Kempson denied murder and claimed her death was a tragic accident after the pair had consensual rough sex.
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“Consent is no defence”
In the Court of Appeal’s decision released in December 2020, Justice Kos said Justice Moore did not err in removing consent from the jury other than in relation to manslaughter.