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More women are expected to come forward to the police now it has been revealed Grace Millane s murderer was a repeat sex offender.
The two women told the police what Kempson had done to them after they realised he was the man charged with killing Grace Millane.
Following the murder trial last year he went on to face two further trials at the High Court at Auckland.
In both, he was found guilty on all charges, including rape; and the sexual violation; physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse of an ex-girlfriend.
NZ court says backpacker killer was serial predator
AFP, WELLINGTON
The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court yesterday revealed, as police urged any more victims to come forward.
The Supreme Court overturned orders banning Jesse Shane Kempson being identified as the predator who strangled Millane in December 2018 after the pair met through the online dating app Tinder.
The murder shocked New Zealand, which is usually regarded as a safe place to travel, prompting a tearful apology to Millane’s family from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after the young traveler’s body was found.
Jesse Kempson is a liar.
He lied to Grace Millane. He lied to the women he dated. He lied to his flatmates. He lied to police. I ve always thought that if it wasn t Grace, it was going to be someone, Detective Inspector Scott Beard told RNZ s
Checkpoint, after Kempson was sentenced in February to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for Millane s murder. I m not a psychologist, so I can t talk about psychological profile, but what we do know is he is a liar. A number of times we proved he lied. He lied to the police, he lied to others.
Lawrence Smith/Stuff After Kempson s sentencing, Beard told On Tuesday, the detective inspector who led all three investigations told
Stuff CCTV and phone technology was key to tracking him down. He said it had been a “really tough two years for the Millane family - from Gillian Millane s breast cancer diagnosis, Grace s disappearance and murder and then David Millane s death last month.
LAWRENCE SMITH and JASON DORDAY/STUFF
Detective Inspector Scott Beard tells Stuff s Catrin Owen how police caught Grace Millane s murderer. (First published February 2020) Beard said he spoke to Gillian Millane and said they knew at some stage Kempson’s name would be out there despite not wanting his name connected to Grace.