Why Grace Millane never stood a chance at the hands of dating app monster: GUY ADAMS reveals how killer passed himself off as a rich playboy, but was really a feckless drifter with a history of sex attacks - as he s jailed for two more assaults
Jesse Kempson, 28, murdered Grace Millane, 21, in 2018 after pair met on Tinder
He was found guilty last year, but his identity was kept hidden in New Zealand
It can now be revealed that months before her murder, Kempson raped another British tourist and sexually assaulted his girlfriend in 2017
Grace Millane killer plausible; until the discovery of his lies, top cop says
22 Dec, 2020 07:46 PM
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The officer in charge of the Grace Millane investigation says her mother hasn t had time to grieve after the loss of her daughter, her husband and dealing with a new lockdown in the UK.
The British backpacker was murdered in December 2018. Her father died of cancer this year and her mother has battled breast cancer.
And Christmas has been cancelled for a third of the UK population after a new strain of Covid-19 emerged.
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British backpacker Grace Millane s murderer named as Jesse Kempson, sexual violence trials reve.
Grace Millane s murderer named, sexual violence trials revealed Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 11:06AM
Jesse Kempson watches on during his first appearance in court in December 2018. Photo / Michael Craig
Grace Millane s murderer named, sexual violence trials revealed Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 11:06AM
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane can now legally be named in New Zealand.
He is Jesse Shane Kempson.
And it can now be revealed Kempson faced two further trials for violent sexual offending against two other women.
The 28-year-old Auckland man s identity was due to be revealed last Friday, but with just minutes before an 11am deadline, the Supreme Court decided to keep suppression in place until it could make a final determination.
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Until now, the 28-year-old s identity has been protected by a court order.
In November 2019, Kempson was found guilty of murdering Millane, a British backpacker, in Auckland s CityLife Hotel in December 2018. He would later bury her body in the Waitakere Ranges. Kempson s lawyers argued at his trial that Millane s death was an accident during a form of rough s-x.
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In February of this year he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.
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