Jury in murder trial told UK backpacker died from manual pressure to neck that was forceful enough to cause bruising

Grace Millane died from prolonged pressure to the neck, which took place during sex, a forensic pathologist has told a jury in Auckland, saying it was the first case of its kind he had seen in New Zealand.

Dr Simon Stables told Auckland high court that injuries like the ones sustained by Millane were extremely uncommon worldwide. “From my point of view it is incredibly rare, I have never heard of another case … in New Zealand.”

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