Taxpayers forked out $406k on Grace Millane s killer s legal aid costs
By Catrin Owen
New Zealand taxpayers have spent more than $400,000 on legal fees to help the man who killed Grace Millane defend himself.
The 28-year-old was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for the murder of Grace, 21, who was from Essex in the UK.
Grace Millane, 22, was strangled to death by the man she met on a Tinder date. The defence claimed her death was an accident during consensual sex.(Supplied)
The graduate of the University of Lincoln in England, died sometime between December 1 and 2, 2018 after she went on a Tinder date with the man in Auckland s CBD.
The Tinder date who strangled British backpacker Grace Millane during sex has failed in his last-ditch bid for freedom.
He was jailed for life with a non-parole period of 17 years for murdering Ms Millane in his Auckland apartment in December 2018.
But despite having no more options to avoid life in prison, the 28-year-old still cannot be named due to a court ruling in New Zealand.
The vile killer s lawyers managed to keep his name secret by appealing to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, hours before the appeal verdict.
British backpacker Grace Millane, left, was strangled to death after meeting her killer via Tinder on December 1, 2018 – the day before her 22nd birthday
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Detective Inspector Scott Beard, who led the Grace Millane murder investigation, says rough sex is not a defence to murder.
Taxpayers have spent more than four hundred thousands dollars on legal fees to help the man who killed Grace Millane defend himself. The 28-year-old, who now has name suppression until further court order, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for the murder of Grace, 21, who was from Essex in the UK. The graduate of the University of Lincoln in England, died sometime between December 1 and 2, 2018 after she went on a Tinder date with the man in Auckland s CBD.