New Zealand man found guilty of killing British backpacker
Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A New Zealand jury on Friday found a 27-year-old man guilty of killing a British backpacker who disappeared a year ago while on a Tinder date in Aukland. The jury deliberated for more than five hours before returning the unanimous guilty verdict as the man convicted of killing Grace Millane stood with his hands by his side. The accused, who cannot be named by court order, is to be sentenced Feb. 21. Millane's body was found Dec. 9 in a bush area of Waitakere nearly a week after she went missing following a date with the accused on Dec. 1, the eve of her 22nd birthday. The prosecution argued during the three-week trial that Millane was strangled to death while the accused said she died of a tragic accident, the product of rough sex at his apartment. Millane's parents, Da...
