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When he does lose name suppression there will be a frenzy of stories about him. There will be interviews with people who knew him about what he was like.  He will be in the spotlight once again and to have had that happen just before Christmas is cruel.  He never should have had name suppression in the first place and when he was given it, it should have lapsed when he was sentenced.  The reason it didn't is, ironically, suppressed.  His lawyers have said they will appeal the name suppresion decision and so the sorry saga continues. A ruling might come next week or maybe next year. 

On Friday, the New Zealand police force issued a statement from the Millane family, who said they were “pleased at the outcome that has been reached” in the loss of the appeal. The family thanked the police, judges, prosecutors and the people of New Zealand. “Grace was a kind, fun-loving daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, aunty, cousin and friend with her whole life ahead of her,” the statement said. “She was enjoying the first of what would have been a lifetime of adventures before her life was so cruelly and brutally cut short by her murderer. Her sense of fun, her sense of a...

By Press Association 2021 Grace Millane in her graduation gown The man who murdered a British backpacker he met on a dating app and dumped her body in a forested area in New Zealand has lost an appeal against his conviction and prison sentence, a court said. The 28-year-old man who strangled Grace Millane appealed to the New Zealand Court of Appeal in August but it found against him on Friday, according to court documents seen by the PA news agency. Justices Stephen Kos, Mark Cooper and Patricia Courtney said the Auckland murder was “c...

By Press Association 2021 Grace Millane in her graduation gown The man who murdered a British backpacker he met on a dating app and dumped her body in a forested area in New Zealand has lost an appeal against his conviction and prison sentence, a court said. The 28-year-old man who strangled Grace Millane appealed to the New Zealand Court of Appeal in August but it found against him on Friday, according to court documents seen by the PA news agency. Justices Stephen Kos, Mark Cooper and Patricia Courtney said the Auckland murder was “c...

By Press Association 2021 Grace Millane in her graduation gown The man who murdered a British backpacker he met on a dating app and dumped her body in a forested area in New Zealand has lost an appeal against his conviction and prison sentence, a court said. The 28-year-old man who strangled Grace Millane appealed to the New Zealand Court of Appeal in August but it found against him on Friday, according to court documents seen by the PA news agency. Justices Stephen Kos, Mark Cooper and Patricia Courtney said the Auckland murder was “c...