![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/grace-millanes-death-could-have-been-avoided/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/104628298_grace3.jpg&description=Image source, Millane FamilyImage caption, Grace Millane was killed when she was in New Zealand as part of a round-the-world tripThe murder of British backpacker Grace Millane could have been prevented if police had taken allegations made a year earlier seriously, a victim said.Jesse Kempson was jailed for murdering Miss Millane in his hotel room in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2018.In a documentary, a woman said Kempson had threatened to kill her - and she had wanted to press charges.However, New Zealand Police said there had not been enough evidence "in this case at that time" to prosecute him.In the TVNZ documentary aired this week, the woman said she met Kempson in 2016 via Tinder, the same dating app he used to meet Miss Millane, from Essex.She described herself as "young, naive and a hopeless romantic" when she met him and he was "very charismatic, confident" and "held himself in really high regard".But, she said, his behaviour quickly changed. He was "very violent" towards her, she said, before it escalated to threats to kill her with a knife. The woman said she gave police a detailed statement and although they said it was a "very violent situation", they said it was "too hard to prosecute because it was 'he said, she said'".As a result, no charges were brought in 2017, although New Zealand Police confirmed she was granted both a protection order and a property order.The New Zealand force told the BBC it had "initially received a report relating to physical violence" but did not take the case any further due to a lack of evidence."For any criminal complaint police must meet a certain threshold of evidence under the Solicitor-General's Guidelines for Prosecution before proceeding with a prosecution," a spokesman said.He added: "In this case at that time, based on available information, the level of evidential sufficiency would not have been sufficient enough for police to proceed with a prosecution."However, when the complaint of a sexual nature was made at a la){kind=link}
The murder of British backpacker Grace Millane could have been prevented if police had taken allegations made a year earlier seriously, a victim said.
Jesse Kempson was jailed for murdering Miss Millane in his hotel room in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2018.
In a documentary, a woman said Kempson had threatened to kill her – and she had wanted to press charges.
However, New Zealand Police said there had not been enough evidence “in this case at that time” to prosecute him.
In the TVNZ documentary aired this week, the woman said she met Kempson in 2016 via Tinder, the same dating app he used to meet Miss Millane, from Essex.