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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 Zealand's Supreme Court after he lost an appeal against his murder conviction and sentence. It has also be...

Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 10:48 Stephen D'Antal 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 revealed the 28 year old raped the other tourist eight months before killing Grace, whose body was later...

Warning: This story and related coverage of the trial contain graphic details that may be distressing for some readers. Jesse Shane Kempson is serving time for murdering Grace Millane, and has also been found guilty on a raft of sexual violation offences relating to two other women. Here's a timeline over the past two years. Jesse Shane Kempson. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook British backpacker Grace Millane arrived in New Zealand on 20 November 2018. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, she went on a date with a man she met on Tinder. He later strangled her to death in his apartment in central Auckland ...

(A pick-your-own-path op-ed) OPINION: Phew, I can’t believe it’s Christmas in less than five days. This year has just flown by/ crawled, tortoise-like as a parched and dying adventurer pulling themselves hand over hand through the shifting desert sands, towards the shimmering chimera of a distant waterhole. It’s been such a tough year, hasn’t it? Thank goodness we have Christmas Day to look forward to! I can’t wait to really throw myself into the happy chaos of shortbread-making and turkey-basting/ I cannot even muster the energy needed to rip open a packet of shop-bought mince pi...

BBC News Published image captionGrace Millane's family described her as "our sunshine" A man who murdered a British backpacker he met on a dating app in New Zealand has lost an appeal against his conviction and prison sentence. The 28-year-old was jailed for a minimum of 17 years in February for the murder of Grace Millane, of Wickford, Essex, in December 2018. Miss Millane's family said they were "pleased at the outcome". Miss Millane was in Auckland as part of a round-the-world trip when she met her killer. The Court of Appeal in New Zealand found on Friday that the murder was "committed wi...