The backpacker's murderer has been jailed for 17 years after killing the British marketing graduate in an Auckland hotel room.
After arriving in New Zealand on 20 November, she spent 10 days travelling around the upper North Island, including Cape Reinga and the Bay of Islands, before heading to Auckland.
A man she connected with on dating app Tinder choked her to death and watched porn afterwards, before taking photos of her naked body and stuffing her into a suitcase, which he buried in a forest.Miss Millane's mother addressed the killer in court via videolink on the day the verdict was read out.She said: died terrified and alone in a room with you, whose name isn't even spoken among friends and family.
Jurors in the three-week trial in Auckland heard Miss Millane had profiles on BDSM dating websites and had tried asphyxiation in the past.
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