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Auckland businessman fined, sentenced to community work for breaching Millane murderer's name suppression Newshub 1 hour ago © Newshub. Watch: Molloy outside court following his sentencing. Leo Molloy, the well-known Auckland businessman, has been fined $15,000 and sentenced to community work for breaching Grace Millane's killer's name suppression order. In December 2018, Jesse Kempson murdered Millane, a British backpacker travelling New Zealand, in an Auckland hotel room. During his court process, including after being found guilty of murder in November 2019, Kempson's identity was pro...

Auckland restaurateur Leo Molloy has been sentenced to fines and community work 29 April 2021 The HeadQuarters in the Viaduct owner flouted a High Court suppression order by naming Grace Millane's murderer online. He is the only person charged after numerous suppression breaches before and after Jesse Kempson's trial in 2019. Kempson's suppression continued long after his sentence to life in prison for Millane's murder - because he faced two further trials. Today, Molloy was sentenced to 150 hours community work and a 15 thousand dollar fine.

The judge said the 'blatant breach' potentially risked other victims seeking justice.

A number of others were warned by the police for breaching the suppression order, but Molloy was the only person to be charged. On Thursday, Molloy appeared for his sentencing at the Auckland District Court in front of Judge Peter Winter. Lawrence Smith/Stuff Jesse Shane Kempson at various court appearances, including after first being charged with murdering Grace Millane. Judge Winter convicted him and sentenced him to 350 hours of community work and a fine of $15,000. David Jones QC applied for a discharge without conviction, saying his client’s motivation behind the posts were that h...

Leo Molloy. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Millane was murdered by Jesse Kempson, who she met on Tinder in December 2018. His name was suppressed by the courts until December last year. During the trial, Leo Molloy breached a suppression order preventing the reporting of Kempson's identity. Molloy, a well known restaurateur, was sentenced to 350 hours' community work and fined $15,000 when he appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning. More to come...