THE family of slain British backpacker Grace Millane are set to face her alleged killer in court in New Zealand this week as his murder trial begins.
He appeared in the dock at Auckland’s High Court to watch as a jury of five men and seven women was sworn in to hear the trial which is set down for five weeks. Mr and Mrs Millane spent part of the weekend being briefed by police and lawyers on the evidence they will hear in court. After taking a degree in advertising and marketing she had begun a solo gap year adventure weeks earlier, visiting Machu Picchu in Peru before arriving in New Zealand in mid-November.Grace’s disappearance became one of the country’s highest profile criminal cases, even prompting an apology to the Millane family from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.