13 Nov 2019

Grace Millane case: Accused killer seen with carpet cleaner

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm on 13 November 2019

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

Footage of the man accused of killing Grace Millane shows him taking a carpet cleaning machine to his apartment and leaving with a suitcase the day after he was last seen with the British backpacker.

Hours of CCTV footage from cameras around central Auckland show the 27-year-old coming and going from the City Life Hotel, where he lived and where Ms Millane died some time on the night of December 1 and 2 last year.

The CCTV footage and the accused's first formal interview with the police were played to the jury in his High Court murder trial on Wednesday.

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson was there and filed this report.