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The murder of disabled New Zealand woman Lena Zhang Harrap hasn't earned the same level of media and social media attention as others. We need to ask why.

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The Auckland mayoral hopeful has lost his bid to have his conviction overturned for naming Grace Millane's murderer while a name suppression order was in effect.

ITV has announced the release of a new documentary about Grace Millane which will be released in the autumn on ITV 2 this year. The documentary will be part of an upcoming series which focuses on murders that are linked due to the role social media played in the cases. ITV is calling the series “The Social Media Murders” and will feature three stand alone films. The second film will tell the story of Alex Rodda who was 15 years old when he was killed by a man he had been speaking to online. The final story is that of Molly McLaren who was killed by her ex-boyfriend.

“In court, that “rough sex” defence was used as a way of minimising and justifying – in that case, murder,” says University of Auckland professor Nicola Gavey, ​who attended the trial and is leading the study. “Afterwards, the more I talked to people, the more women’s experiences came up of having sex with a man, a new partner, and being slapped or choked. Some women were surprised, while others said it was just normal.” LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Post- 50 Shades of Grey, anecdotal evidence suggests practices previously considered “kink” or part of the BDSM repertoire – ...