12 Nov 2019

Grace Millane died from pressure on neck - expert Crown witness

From Checkpoint, 5:09 pm on 12 November 2019

Warning: This story and related coverage of the trial contain graphic details that may be distressing.

British backpacker Grace Millane was killed by pressure to her neck, according to an expert Crown witness.

The forensic pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination on Grace Millane's body was in the witness box today in the trial of the 27-year-old accused of her murder.

The Crown's case is that the accused strangled her in his central Auckland apartment but the defence says her death was an accident during consensual rough sex.

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson is at the High Court in Auckland.