Grace Millane s murderer due to be named tomorrow
(Photo / File) Thu, 17 Dec 2020, 2:52PM
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane is due to be named tomorrow morning unless New Zealand s top court intervenes.
In August, the killer took his case to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to overturn his murder conviction and sentence.
The court will release its decision tomorrow morning at 11am.
Today, the Court of Appeal s President Justice Stephen Kós, alongside Justice Patricia Courtney and Justice Mark Cooper, also ruled the murderer s interim name suppression will lapse at the same time.
The killer can still, however, ask the Supreme Court before 11am for an order continuing suppression until a second appeal is heard.
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Focus Live: The man convicted of murdering Grace Millane has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison, but he will likely appeal.
Focus Live: The man convicted of murdering Grace Millane has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison, but he will likely appeal.
NZ Herald
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane is due to be named tomorrow morning unless New Zealand s top court intervenes.
The court will release its decision tomorrow morning at 11am.
On Friday, Justice Stephen Kos, Justice Patricia Courtney and Justice Mark Cooper released their decision and dismissed the man’s appeal against his conviction and sentence. The New Zealand media would then have been able to publish the 28-year-old s name for the first time. However, just three-and-a-half hours before the Court of Appeal s decision was to be released, the man s lawyer filed a notice of an appeal. At 10.50am, the Supreme Court ordered the man to have name suppression until a further order of the court.
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Grace Millane s father said they will return home to try to pick up the pieces of their lives. (First published November 2019)
Grace Millane s killer loses appeal of murder conviction and sentence, while suppression continues
17 Dec, 2020 09:45 PM
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Focus Live: The man convicted of murdering Grace Millane has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison, but he will likely appeal.
Focus Live: The man convicted of murdering Grace Millane has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison, but he will likely appeal.
NZ Herald
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has lost his conviction and sentence appeal.
Earlier today, New Zealand s Supreme Court made a last minute order suppressing the identity of the man.
The court released its decision just after 11am.