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| Grace Millane: trial for backpacker's murder to begin in Auckland | Grace Millane: trial for backpacker's murder to begin in Auckland |
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| One year since the body of British backpacker Grace Millane was discovered in dense bushland on the outskirts of Auckland, the man accused of murdering her is set to stand trial in New Zealand this week. | One year since the body of British backpacker Grace Millane was discovered in dense bushland on the outskirts of Auckland, the man accused of murdering her is set to stand trial in New Zealand this week. |
| The 27-year-old New Zealand man, who was granted name suppression by the high court in Auckland in December, has pleaded not guilty to her murder. | |
| Millane, 21, disappeared from central Auckland on 1 December and her body was found in bushland in west Auckland a week later. | |
| The death shocked New Zealand and prompted an outpouring of public grief. | The death shocked New Zealand and prompted an outpouring of public grief. |
| The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, made an emotional public statement, saying Millane should have been safe visiting Aotearoa. | |
| Grace Millane murder prompts outpouring of grief in New Zealand | Grace Millane murder prompts outpouring of grief in New Zealand |
| “There is this overwhelming sense of hurt and shame that this has happened in our country, a place that prides itself on our hospitality, on our manaakitanga,” Ardern said, using the Māori word for hospitality. | “There is this overwhelming sense of hurt and shame that this has happened in our country, a place that prides itself on our hospitality, on our manaakitanga,” Ardern said, using the Māori word for hospitality. |
| “So on behalf of New Zealand, I want to apologise to Grace’s family – your daughter should have been safe here and she wasn’t, and I’m sorry for that.” | “So on behalf of New Zealand, I want to apologise to Grace’s family – your daughter should have been safe here and she wasn’t, and I’m sorry for that.” |
| The trial, overseen by Justice Simon Moore, is set down for four weeks, and unusually tight restrictions have been placed on local and international media reporting the case, after the accused’s name and photograph was published last year by several British newspapers, potentially jeopardising the crown’s case against him. | The trial, overseen by Justice Simon Moore, is set down for four weeks, and unusually tight restrictions have been placed on local and international media reporting the case, after the accused’s name and photograph was published last year by several British newspapers, potentially jeopardising the crown’s case against him. |
| Members of the public also shared his name and photographs widely on social media platforms and blogs. | Members of the public also shared his name and photographs widely on social media platforms and blogs. |
| Mass candlelight vigils were held for Millane, who came from Essex, in every major town in New Zealand, and grief experts said many New Zealanders experienced “vicarious trauma” about the murder in the usually safe country, averaging fewer than 50 homicides a year in a population of 4.9 million. | Mass candlelight vigils were held for Millane, who came from Essex, in every major town in New Zealand, and grief experts said many New Zealanders experienced “vicarious trauma” about the murder in the usually safe country, averaging fewer than 50 homicides a year in a population of 4.9 million. |
| Millane was travelling in New Zealand as part of a year-long overseas experience and was last seen alive on CCTV footage entering a hotel in central Auckland on the night she disappeared. | |
| After her death Grace’s father, David Millane, spoke at a candlelit vigil held in her honour. | After her death Grace’s father, David Millane, spoke at a candlelit vigil held in her honour. |
| “Grace was not born here and only managed to stay a few weeks, but you have taken her to your hearts and in some small way she will forever be a Kiwi,” Millane said. “We all hope that what has happened to Grace will not deter even one person from venturing out into the world.” | “Grace was not born here and only managed to stay a few weeks, but you have taken her to your hearts and in some small way she will forever be a Kiwi,” Millane said. “We all hope that what has happened to Grace will not deter even one person from venturing out into the world.” |
| A jury of 12 men and women will be empanelled at 9am on Monday. | A jury of 12 men and women will be empanelled at 9am on Monday. |
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