Episode 140 - "Rough Sex" - The Murder of Grace Millane

In December 2018, 21 year old Grace Millane was backpacking around New Zealand. One evening she agreed to a date with a man, tragically by the following morning Grace would be dead. The man claimed it was all just an accident, a result of consensual “rough sex” - but the evidence suggested otherwise... 

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Sources:

https://www.businessinsider.com/grace-millane-murder-killer-wont-look-mom-court-statement-2020-2?r=US&IR=T

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/grace-millane-trial-closing-arguments-new-zealand

https://www.vox.com/2019/11/21/20976064/grace-millane-death-new-zealand

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/uk-backpacker-strangled-to-death-during-tinder-date-nz-court-told-1.4074106

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-police-search-for-shovel-in-uk-backpacker-murder-inquiry-1.3727259

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/man-jailed-for-life-for-murdering-uk-backpacker-in-new-zealand-1.4180184

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/21/world/grace-millane-sex-game-gone-wrong-intl-gbr/index.html

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-21/grace-millanes-killer-jailed-why-cant-we-name-him/

http://theconversation.com/grace-millanes-murder-trial-shows-social-attitudes-continue-to-minimise-gendered-violence-127796

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a29887214/grace-millane-murderer-not-named/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grace-millane-murder-rough-sex-defence-questioned_uk_5dd52a54e4b0fc53f20bc589

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/19/grace-millane-belonged-bdsm-sites-asked-ex-boyfriend-choke-court-hears-11178960/

https://www.theweek.co.uk/98326/grace-millane-killer-sentenced-to-life

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