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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...

Source: New Zealand Government Five additional District Court Judges have been appointed to help deal with the impact of the COVID 19 lock down period on the Court system.    The District Court is under significant caseload pressure and these additional appointments will increase capacity in the key locations of Auckland, Manukau, Whangarei and Christchurch.    The appointments, announced by Attorney-General David Parker today, are the first of a number of new District Court Judge appointments. A further 10 will begin work early in the New Year replacing Judges who have reached retireme...

Press Release – New Zealand Government Five additional District Court Judges have been appointed to help deal with the impact of the COVID 19 lock down period on the Court system. The District Court is under significant caseload pressure and these additional appointments will increase capacity in the key locations of Auckland, Manukau, Whangarei and Christchurch. The appointments, announced by Attorney-General David Parker today, are the first of a number of new District Court Judge appointments. A further 10 will begin work early in the New Year replacing Judges who have reached retirement...