NSTworld: Later that day, he placed the body in a suitcase and drove it in a hire car to the Waitakere Ranges where he buried her. Tinder NewZealand GraceMillane
Grace Millane, 22, who was travelling after finishing university, went missing in Auckland on Dec. 1. Police found her body on Dec. 9 in bushland just a few metres from a scenic drive in Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges.
The accused, a 27-year-old man, met Millane on the evening of Dec. 1 through dating app Tinder, the jury heard. Closed circuit cameras filmed the pair kissing before heading to the man’s hotel apartment, prosecutor Robin McCoubrey told the Auckland court. McCoubrey said the Crown’s case was that Millane died in the accused’s apartment from sustained pressure to the neck. Her body also showed bruising to her chest and upper arms, the court heard.“Only two people know what happened in that room,” McCoubrey told the court, New Zealand Herald reported.McCoubrey said the accused took several photos of Millane’s body on Dec. 2.
McCoubrey told the court the accused initially told police he had met Millane for a drink before parting ways with her but then changed his story, saying he and Millane went back to his apartment and where they engaged in “rough sex.”“Ms Millane died as a result of what they consensually engaged in,” Brookie was quoted as saying by Herald.The killing shocked New Zealand, where serious crime was once considered relatively rare and its cities and countryside considered safe.
Thousands of people held candlelight vigils after Millane’s death in a national outpouring of grief. Prime Minister Jacinda Arden held back tears as she apologised to Millane’s family on behalf of New Zealand.The trial is expected to last about five weeks.--Reuters
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