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		</div><p>Grace Millane messaged her friend to say “I click with him so well” about the man she was on a date with who allegedly strangled her hours later, a court in New Zealand has heard.</p>
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<p>Ms Millane’s friend, Ameena Ashcroft, said in a letter read to Auckland High Court that she “thought something was out of place” when the young woman sent a series of messages on December 1, 2018, in which Ms Millane admitted to wanting to “get smashed” with the man she met on Tinder.</p>
<p>The Crown has alleged that the man, who cannot be named due to a suppression order, murdered the young woman from Wickford, Essex, and shoved her body inside a suitcase before burying her in a forested area outside Auckland.</p>
<p>The defence claims the death, on either December 1 or December 2, 2018, the date of Ms Millane’s 22nd birthday, was accidental.</p>
<p>Security footage played for the jury showed Ms Millane, who was on a round-the-world trip, visit a number of bars in the city centre with the accused 27-year-old where they drank alcohol.</p>
<p>They kissed repeatedly at the Bluestone Room before walking arm-in-arm a short distance into the lobby of the CityHigh hotel where the defendant was staying.</p>
<figure id="attachment_143631" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143631" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-143631" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/4274F08A-BA7F-4405-81F8-D4735A31BD18.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-143631" class="wp-caption-text">Ms Millane was shown kissing her alleged killer at the Bluestone Room, Auckland</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Ms Millane was shown to follow the defendant out of the lift at 9.41pm.</p>
<p>It was the last time she was seen alive.</p>
<p>Gillian Millane, the mother of the deceased woman, left the court in tears as detective Samuel Luker described a series of photographs found on the defendant’s phone.</p>
<p>Those photographs taken in the early hours of December 2, 2018 showed intimate photos of a woman’s body, the detective said, which the Crown has alleged were taken of Ms Millane after her death.</p>
<figure id="attachment_143632" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-143632" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-143632" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/B80E7AE7-0EA5-430B-BDAF-E342A1DB55F0.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-143632" class="wp-caption-text">The last place Ms Millane was seen alive was walking out of an elevator on the third floor of CityLife Hotel</figcaption></figure>
<p>The defendant, wearing a navy blue suit and black shirt, did not react as Gillian Millane walked out of the courtroom.</p>
<p>David Millane looked directly at the defendant as the detective confirmed pornography was looked at on the man’s phone after his daughter’s death.</p>
<p>But he cast his eyes down when he heard the defendant had searched online for “rigor mortis”.</p>
<p>The data showed the man had used Google to browse websites for large duffel bags, suitcases and car hire.</p>
<p>The defendant’s phone was also used to search for “flesh-eating birds” and “are there vultures in New Zealand?” days later, on December 5, 2018.</p>
<p>Records showed the defendant had searched online for “the hottest fire”, “large bags near me” and “Waitakere Ranges” – where Ms Millane’s body was later found contorted inside a suitcase on December 9, 2018 – before going on another Tinder date later that day.</p>
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<p>Her parents had wept in court as they heard that earrings and a small metal tag inscribed with the word “freedom” were also found inside the suitcase.</p>
<p>The trial continues and is expected to last five weeks.</p>
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