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Grace Millane's murderer will keep his name suppressed for now. On Friday morning, it emerged the killer had applied for leave from the Supreme Court to keep his name secret after the Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to continue the suppression. It was meant to become public at 11am, at the same the Court of Appeal is expected to release its decision on his bid to appeal his conviction and sentence for killing the British backpacker.  However, the Supreme Court says until it has time to consider the application, the suppression order will be extended. The 28-year-old man was found guilty...

Millane's murderer loses conviction, sentence appeals, Grace's family reacts Newshub 17/12/2020 © Newshub. The man who killed Grace Millane has lost his bid to have his conviction and sentence overturned. At an August hearing, the man's lawyer Rachael Reed QC laid out several concerns with the November trial, including about how the jury was able to deal with the question of consent when considering their verdict, if jurors were given "balanced" direction about expert evidence and how to weigh this up, and how evidence from other women about the man was handled. Reed also questioned the t...

Millane's killer to keep name secret for now after Supreme Court judgement Newshub 17/12/2020 Grace Millane's murderer will keep his name suppressed for now. On Friday morning, it emerged the killer had applied for leave from the Supreme Court to keep his name secret after the Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to continue the suppression. It was meant to become public at 11am, at the same the Court of Appeal is expected to release its decision on his bid to appeal his conviction and sentence for killing the British backpacker.  However, the Supreme Court says until it has time to consid...

Millane's murderer makes last-minute Supreme Court bid to keep name suppression Newshub 17/12/2020 © Supplied. Grace Millane. Grace Millane's murderer has applied for leave from the Supreme Court to keep his name suppressed. On Friday, the Court of Appeal is due to release its decision on his bid to appeal his conviction and sentence for killing the British backpacker. His name suppression is currently meant to lapse at the same time, unless the Supreme Court intervenes. The killer is seeking an interim order from the Supreme Court suppressing his name. The 28-year-old man was found gui...

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 11:33 am, December 11th, 2020 - 10 comments We are now getting into the difficult part of working out how to respond to climate change. We have had a few decades notice and have wasted this by engaging in incremental minimalist policy that is well meaning but not nearly up to scratch in terms of what is actually needed. The Government recently made a climate change declaration and added in targeted policy that needs to be achieved by 2025, and that is for the Public Service to becom...