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Grace Millane murder: Killer s appeal against conviction rejected by Supreme Court
Grace Millane was murdered in New Zealand in December 2018. (Photo / Supplied)
Grace Millane murder: Killer s appeal against conviction rejected by Supreme Court Tue, 29 Jun 2021, 3:52PM
The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has had a further bid to appeal against his conviction rejected by New Zealand s highest court.
Jesse Shane Kempson murdered Millane on the weekend of her 22nd birthday in December 2018.
He admitted his actions - during what he said was consensual rough sex - caused her death.
But he denied a charge of murder.
A jury found him guilty after a high-profile trial in the High Court at Auckland and he was jailed for life.
The Supreme Court judgement said it was common ground that Kempson killed Millane by applying pressure to her neck.
But the defence had argued that Millane had consented to this action, while denying there was murderous intent. The conclusion of both courts is that consent does not, at least in the circumstances of this case, provide a defence to the intentional infliction of bodily injury known to be likely to result in death, the ruling read. There is insufficient doubt as to that conclusion to warrant leave being granted. This is because it is difficult to see how a court could responsibly hold that consent is a defence to violence carried out with murderous intent.
NZ businessman fined $15k for naming British backpacker s Tinder killer
By Catrin Owen
Well-known businessman Leo Molloy who said British backpacker Grace Millane s killer needs a bullet and shouldn t be protected, has been sentenced to 350 hours of community work and fined $15,000 for blatantly breaching the suppression order.
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Leo Molloy said he felt a real injustice for Grace Millane.(Stuff)
Molloy, who owns HeadQuarters bar on Auckland s Viaduct, previously admitted breaching the suppression order in force while the jury in the murder trial was deliberating.
A number of others were warned by the police for breaching the suppression order, but Molloy was the only person to be charged.
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