[Denver]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-46492477

A 26-year-old man is to be charged with the murder of missing British backpacker Grace Millane, New Zealand Police have said.

Miss Millane, 22, from Essex - described by her father as "lovely" and "family-orientated" - was last seen in New Zealand a week ago.

Police said they believe she was murdered although her body has not yet been found.

Det Insp Scott Beard said the evidence told police she was "no longer alive".

"Grace's family have been advised of this development and they are devastated," Det Insp Beard added.

The announcement follows a review of CCTV footage, the forensic examination of a hotel where she was last seen on Saturday 1 December, and the discovery of a vehicle.

On Saturday, police announced they will charge a 26-year-old man, who had been speaking to officers after being located at an address in central Auckland.

He will remain in police custody until Monday when he is due in court, police said.

Det Insp Beard said police were "determined to do everything we can to find" Miss Millane.

He added the "thoughts of all New Zealanders will be with Grace's family tonight".

[Denver]

This is a really sad story and apparently the man who killed her is someone she met on Tinder

[arista]

Originally Posted by Adam.

This is a really sad story and apparently the man who killed her is someone she met on Tinder

Yes a possible Tinder Sex Murder


A 22 year old young lady sadly murdered in NZ

https://news.sky.com/story/grace-mil...urder-11574729

[Kazanne]

AW so sad, her dad was distraught on the news last night,terrible news for them.

[LaLaLand]

Absolutely awful, poor girl.

[arista]

The Final Image as she entered the Citylife Hotel
with the 26 year old killer.
Her Body still to be found?

[LeatherTrumpet]

bad people in every country. be aware and dont expose yourself to danger if you can

[Morgana]

It's now looking like poor Grace has been found.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12173903

[arista]

Yes they found the body
real sad.

The 26 year old man has been charged with her murder.

[Cherie]

Is anyone following this case

The footage of him turning up for the date and almost turning around and not connecting with her

Him going through her handbag while she was in the toilet when they were in a pub

I think he is going to get off as her ex has come forward now to say she enjoyed consensual choking, her poor parents having to sit through this every day

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...cid=spartanntp

[arista]

Yes Tinder
Sexual Choking Game.


Yes he may get off.

[Ammi]

...a guilty verdict...

A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, whose body was found buried in a suitcase in New Zealand.

The young woman, from Wickford, Essex, was strangled by the man she had met on dating site Tinder, and with whom she spent several hours drinking in the centre of Auckland on 1 December, 2018.

The pair returned to his apartment and Ms Millane was killed either that night or in the early hours of the next morning - the date of her 22nd birthday.

The jury of seven women and five men returned a unanimous verdict after just five hours of deliberation at Auckland High Court.

Prosecutors successfully argued the murderer, whose name is subject to a suppression order, shoved Ms Millane's body inside a suitcase before burying her in the Waitakere Ranges outside the city.

She was assumed missing and her father, David Millane, flew to New Zealand as local authorities spent a week searching until her body was found by police.

Grace's mother Gill broke into silent sobs as the verdict was read out.



...there is still the sentencing to go through for her parents...I just can’t comprehend how they get through each day...

[Cherie]

Thank Goodness, unanimous as well

[Mystic Mock]

It sounds like the correct verdict to me.

RIP to Grace Millane.

[Black Dagger]

Some justice. Thank God. The media have acted like absolute gutter press during this whole ordeal.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

Some justice. Thank God. The media have acted like absolute gutter press during this whole ordeal.

...yeah, the media have been awful all through the trial, Lucas...the ‘sensationalism’ appears to come before all human considerations or empathies...

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

Some justice. Thank God. The media have acted like absolute gutter press during this whole ordeal.

which media as that is rather a blanket statement?