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A close family friend of Grace Millane is so concerned ongoing suppression breaches could jeopardise a trial she’s written to UK media asking them to stop naming the accused killer.
And the papers have explained why they defied the Auckland judge’s order.
The Telegraph and the Daily Mail were two of several British media organisations to name the 26-year-old man charged with Millane’s murder, days after she arrived in Auckland as part of a one-year solo OE.
The defendant had applied for interim name suppression when he appeared in the Auckland District Court for his first appearance on…
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