Ross Giblin/Stuff Smith then sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. In their decision, Justices William Young, Susan Glazebrook and Mark O’Regan found there was evidence that a published interview would cause distress to Smith’s victims. They upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision that withholding approval for the interview was not a “disproportionate limit on the Smith’s right to freedom of expression”, when balanced against the impact on the victims. In 1996, he was sentenced to life in prison for murder, paedophile offending, aggravated burglary and kidnapping. He had molested a 13-year-old boy over a three-year period, and later stabbed the boy s father to death.
Grace Millane murder case: Supreme Court to release suppression decision on killer tomorrow
21 Dec, 2020 02:04 AM
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New Zealand s Supreme Court will release its decision tomorrow morning on whether the man who murdered Grace Millane will be publicly identified.
The country s top court emailed the killer s legal team, Crown, and media at 2.35pm today informing them its judgment will be delivered at 11am on Tuesday.
The killer s identity was due to be revealed last Friday morning, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, but with just minutes before the deadline, the Supreme Court intervened and kept suppression in place until it made a decision.
Grace Millane murder case: Supreme Court may decide suppression today for British backpacker s killer
20 Dec, 2020 08:00 PM
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New Zealand s Supreme Court judges will today gather to decide whether the man who murdered Grace Millane should be publicly identified.
The killer s identity was due to be revealed last Friday, but with just minutes before the 11am deadline, the country s top court decided to keep suppression in place until it can make a final determination.
However, Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann, and Justices William Young and Mark O Regan, have signalled a relatively quick resolution to the man s suppression, which has continued since his first court appearance after killing the British backpacker in December 2018.
Supreme Court to reveal tomorrow if Grace Millane’s murderer can be identified
Grace Millane. (Photo / Supplied) Mon, 21 Dec 2020, 3:46PM
New Zealand s Supreme Court will release its decision tomorrow morning on whether the man who murdered Grace Millane will be publicly identified.
The country s top court emailed the killer s legal team, Crown, and media at 2.35pm today informing them its judgment will be delivered at 11am on Tuesday.
The killer s identity was due to be revealed last Friday morning, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, but with just minutes before the deadline, the Supreme Court intervened and kept decided to keep suppression in place until it made a decision.