14 Nov 2019

Grace Millane Trial: Crown to close case today

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 14 November 2019

The Crown will close its case against the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane on Thursday.

The jury has now watched CCTV footage of the 27-year-old buying cleaning products, hiring a rental car and wheeling the British backpacker's body out of his CityLife apartment in a suitcase.

It's not disputed Ms Millane died in his apartment or that the man buried her body in the Waitakere Ranges.

On Wednesday, the court heard from a woman who met the man on a Tinder date as Ms Millane's body lay in his apartment.

RNZ court reporter Anneke Smith joins us now.