At his sentencing for Grace’s murder, Justice Simon Moore said a report on Kempson’s childhood showed he had been “affected by various traumatic influences”. “I accept that you had a volatile upbringing and that may well have influenced the person you are today,” he said. However, the judge did not go into the details and
Stuff’s attempts to obtain the full report have been rejected by the court.
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Grace Millane was killed by Kempson in December 2018. Kempson moved to Australia with his mother as a teenager but, by 2011, he was back in New Zealand and living at a boarding house in Wellington.