British backpacker Grace Millane belonged to BDSM dating sites and asked a former partner to choke her in bed, a jury heard today at the start of the defence for a man accused of murdering her during rough sex. A statement from Grace's ex-partner given to police revealed he and the year-old university graduate from Essex used a system of safe words and signals to make sure she was never in danger during the BDSM sessions.
The statement was read to the jury on Monday at the trial of a year-old New Zealand man accused of strangling Grace to death at the end of a Tinder date. Grace had been active on the site just an hour before meeting the defendant outside the SkyCity casino in central Auckland, according to data retrieved from Whiplr.
British backpacker Grace Millane pictured , 22, belonged to two BDSM dating sites and asked a former partner to choke her during rough sex, a jury heard today. The trial also heard statements today from police that they had traced messages sent from Grace on two BDSM dating sites, called Whiplr shown above and FetLife. Grace had been active on the site just an hour before meeting the defendant outside the SkyCity casino in central Auckland, according to data retrieved from Whiplr file image.
The defendant, who also cannot be named for legal reasons, claims Grace died accidentally during consensual sex at his apartment in Auckland last December, and insists she asked him to put his hands on her neck during intercourse. In a statement read to the court today, her former partner said he and Grace had researched how to practice choking safely. Grace and I used a tapping practice too.
If Grace tapped me three times then it would stop. Grace and I were careful to discuss not only the physical but the psychological aspects to practicing BDSM. The jury was also read a statement from one of Grace's friends, who said the year-old 'enjoyed her partner to put his hands around her neck'. The defendant is pictured returning to the hotel with the suitcase he bought after Grace died. But opening the defence, barrister Ron Mansfield told the jury: 'All the evidence shows that Miss Millane was a loving, bright, intelligent young woman and she was.
