Murdered backpacker ‘annihilated’: Mum
The mother of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has opened up about how her daughter’s killer “destroyed” her family”. British backpacker Grace Millane was murdered in New Zealand in 2018, strangled to death by Jesse Shane Kempson. Gillian Millane, the mother of Grace, described the trial in 2019 as "horrendous" as she had to sit in a courtroom for days while Kempson was accused of murdering her daughter. CCTV footage showed the two embracing in bars across Auckland on the eve of Grace's 22nd birthday. It was later revealed that Kempson strangled Grace and took intimate photos of her naked body before searching pornography on his phone. A new documentary, The Murder of Grace Millson, will examine the night of the death and Kempson's subsequent trial.
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Gillian Millane, from Wickford, Essex, said she doesn’t think about Jesse Shane Kempson – who strangled Grace, 21, to death while she was on a trip to New Zealand in 2018.
The body of British tourist Grace Millane was found in a section of bush at West Auckland's Waitakere Ranges five days after she was murdered. She told the Extraordinary Ordinary podcast that the trial in 2019 was “horrendous” as she had to sit in a courtroom for days “while they’re annihilating your daughter”.
CCTV cameras captured the pair embracing in bars across Auckland on December 1, 2018, the eve of Grace’s 22nd birthday. It later emerged that he strangled Grace and took intimate photos of her naked body before searching pornography on his phone. headtopics.com
Following her own battle with breast cancer, which she beat shortly before Grace’s murder, and the two shocking deaths, the heartbroken mum said she was “in such a dark, lonely place and I pushed everybody away”.“You get to a point when you realise that you’re the only one that can get you out of there.
The parents of Grace Millane, David and Gillian Millane arrive at the Auckland High Court on November 06, 2019. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty Images. A new documentary, The Murder of Grace Millane, will scrutinise the night of the 21-year-old’s death and Kempson’s subsequent trial. headtopics.com
Filmmaker Helena Coan told Sky News: “People don’t really understand the prevalence of the rough sex defence.
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