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MY DATE WITH KILLER AFTER GRACE MURDER

He told of ‘friend’ and sex death

- BY LUCY THORNTON lucy.thornton@mirror.co.uk @lucethornt­on

Killed hours after meeting Ashley Foster, 24.

Foster claimed in court that she asked him to strangle her and that she died accidental­ly in a sex game gone wrong.

He was convicted of murder and given a life sentence with a minimum term of 26 years.

TWISTED Jesse Kempson

A WOMAN has told how she went on a date with Grace Millane’s killer hours after he murdered the backpacker.

And she revealed how twisted Jesse Kempson, 28, appeared to be rehearsing his story by talking about a “friend” who had killed a woman during rough sex.

This week he got a life sentence for killing the 21-year-old Essex graduate. His defence she died during rough sex was rejected.

The woman, who declined to be named, said Kempson “seemed like a nice, normal guy” when they first met in Aukland,

New Zealand. He had messaged asking for a date the day after Grace’s death.

The pair later met in a bar where he claimed his pals were police officers and his best friend was to be a court prosecutor.

The woman said: “I think it [the killing] was on his mind.

“He told me about a guy he knew in Australia who had

DATE Grace Millane

Killed by partner Robert Simpson-Scott, 44, who told paramedics she died during “vigorous sex”.

A court heard alleged details of Sally’s sex life.

She died of injuries including a fractured spine and ribs, and a hypoxic brain injury, meaning she was unable to breathe.

He was convicted of murder and jailed for life. consensual rough sex involving strangulat­ion with his girlfriend but had ended up killing her. “He was really upset because he loved her but the guy got done for manslaught­er and was sent down.”

The woman said Kempson told her: “It’s crazy how a guy can make one mistake and go to jail for the rest of his life.” He also told his date police were having a “tough time because of bodies going missing in the Waitakere Ranges” – the area where Grace’s body was later found.

Kempson’s weird behaviour set alarm bells ringing and the woman left.

She told the BBC she was speaking out to warn women of the dangers of dating apps.

Grace, of Wickford, Essex, was on the “trip of a lifetime” Down Under when she met her killer on a Tinder date.

He strangled her and put her in a suitcase in a shallow grave.

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