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Top cop Scott Beard: If it wasnt Grace, it would have been someone else Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 12:31PM Detective Inspector Scott Beard outside the High Court at Auckland speaking to media about the Millane case. Photo / Dean Purcell Top cop Scott Beard: If it wasnt Grace, it would have been someone else Police are expecting more women to come forward and report alleged violence at the hands of Grace Millanes killer now that his name has been made public. And they have said they w...

FAMILY ANGUISH Grace Millane’s dad died a month before killer Jesse Kempson was finally unmasked as family vow never to speak his name 22 Dec 2020, 12:31 THE dad of murdered backpacker Grace Millane tragically died after a secret battle with cancer just a month before her depraved killer was finally unmasked. But David Millanes grieving family refuse to utter the name of multiple sex offender Jesse Kempson - the murderer whose name suppression has now been lifted in New Zealand. 15 15 A tear...

HORRIFIC END Grace Millane killer smuggles her body out of hotel in suitcase as chilling CCTV shows her final moments on Tinder date Jon Lockett Updated: 23 Dec 2020, 15:00 Jon Lockett Invalid Date, CCTV captured the chilling moment Grace Millanes killer smuggled her body out of a hotel in a suitcase after strangling her to death. Jesse Kempson - who can finally be named after an order banning his identification was lifted - murdered the Brit backpacker on a Tinder date. 8 8 The suitcase cont...

Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 10:23 Stephen DAntal Invalid Date, THE man who strangled backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand raped another Brit tourist just months before the killing. Jesse Kempson can now be named after an order banning his identification was lifted as he lost an appeal against his murder conviction and sentence. 10 10 10 Grace Millane was last seen alive the day before her 22nd birthday in December 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand 10 Kempson also raped another young Brit It was revea...

KILLER CONMAN Jesse Kempson: Grace Millane killer pretended he was CIA assassin and dying of cancer to lure, rape and terrorise women Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 16:37 THE brute who murdered Brit backpacker Grace Millane was a serial fantasist who pretended he was a CIA spy and dying of cancer to target and rape women. Jesse Kempson, 28, can now be named after a court order banning his identification was lifted as he lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence over Graces killing in New Zeala...

Despite the jury returning a unanimous decision in a matter of hours, Kempsons name has remained protected. Last Thursday, the Court of Appeal declined to keep his name suppressed past Friday when it dismissed his appeals against his conviction and sentence. Kempson then applied for leave from the Supreme Court to appeal that suppression decision and keep his name secret.  However, New Zealands top court today decided it wont hear that appeal, meaning Newshub can now, after more than two years...

Grace Millanes murderer named and exposed as Tinder rapist The New Zealand man who callously murdered a British backpacker can finally be named, as it was revealed he had earlier raped another British tourist and had a record of violence towards women. Jesse Kempson, aged 28, was given a life sentence for strangling Grace Millane in an Auckland hotel room in 2018 and burying her body in a shallow grave west of New Zealands biggest city. Kempson enjoyed name suppression during and after the tria...

The killer of a young British backpacker can finally be named, as it was revealed he had earlier raped another British tourist and had a record of violence towards women. Jesse Kempson, 28, was convicted of murdering Grace Millane by strangling her in a hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, after meeting her via the Tinder dating app on 1 December 2018 - the day before her 22nd birthday. His name had been suppressed because he had faced two further trials, but that order has been lifted by New Zealan...

Extravagant stories Kempson spent the years prior to his arrest moving between Auckland properties, frequently posting within Facebook groups for people hunting down flats.  One former flatmate of Kempsons told Newshub soon after his arrest that while he was initially "chatty" and "reasonably easy to live with", he eventually became "aggressive".  "[He had] a lot of stories that very quickly stopped making sense," she told Newshub. "If you would ever question his stories he would become incre...

Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 10:48 Stephen DAntal Invalid Date, THE man who strangled backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand raped another Brit tourist just months before the killing. Jesse Kempson can now be named after an order banning his identification was lifted as he lost an appeal against his murder conviction and sentence. 10 10 10 Grace Millane was last seen alive the day before her 22nd birthday in December 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand 10 Kempson also raped another young Brit It was revea...