Major update in case of Grace Millane’s killer as he fails to get violent convictions against two other women overturned
BRITISH backpacker Grace Millane’s killer has failed to have two other convictions dismissed in a major update.
Accused killer and sex offender Jesse Shane Kempson claimed the women in the other case exaggerated their evidence of sexual violence.
The Court of Appeal in Auckland, New Zealand, has denied the appeals, claiming there was no excessive sentence or miscarriage of justice.
The killer formerly appealed his life sentence for Grace’s brutal murder in December 2018.
Essex-based backpacker Grace was traveling in Auckland when she went on a date with Kempson.
The pair met on Tinder, where Kempson’s chilling messages lured her on a date with him.
She met her killer on Tinder and the pair went on a date before she was murdered in the early hours of December 2, 2018 – her 22nd birthday.
But the Kempson, who cops described as a “narcissist”, kept going in his efforts to get a date with Grace as their conversation drags on into the night.
She spent her final hours sipping cocktails and sharing kisses with Kempson before he later choked her to death.
CCTV cameras captured her being hugged by the brute as they first met before they are later seen embracing in bars in the city.
The final tragic moments show the Essex girl and her 28-year-old killer leaving a lift to go to the motel room where he killed her.
Kempson strangled Grace and took intimate photos of her naked body before searching degrading pornography on his phone.
Grace’s corpse was later stuffed into a suitcase and buried in a shallow grave with a blanket of mud shovelled on top in the Waitākere Ranges in December 2018.
The 28-year-old has since been convicted of further violent offences in two recent trials, including raping another woman he met on Tinder.
When Kempson was caged for Grace’s murder, Justice Simon Moore told the callous killer: “You were a stranger, she trusted you.
“You are a large and powerful man, she was diminutive.
“You were in a position of total physical dominance.”