'scumbag': Man Accused Of Murdering British Backpacker Faces Shouts Of Abuse During Auckland Court Appearance – As It Emerges He Described Grace Millane As 'beautiful, Very Radiant' On Facebook dailymail.co.uk

This is the face of the man accused of killing British backpacker Grace Millane – and who was called a 'scumbag' from the public gallery this morning as he appeared in court charged with her murder.

Jesse Kempson, 26, sat just yards away from Ms Millane's family – believed to include her millionaire property developer father David and an uncle – as they attended his first appearance at the District court in Auckland.

Speaking to MailOnline as the 26-year-old father-of-one, appeared in court today, his grandmother described him as 'a very confused young man'.

It has since emerged that the suspect had contacted 22-year-old Ms Millane on social media, calling her 'beautiful and very radiant' in a comment on one of her Facebook photos just minutes before she was last seen alive.
Kempson, whose family live in Wellington, looked gloomy as he sat in the dock in Auckland District Court on Monday, having been led in wearing blue police overalls.

After 90 minutes standing in the courtroom, he was led back to the cells by prison officers as a man in the gallery shouted 'scumbag'. Kempson didn't speak during his appearance and a plea was not entered on his behalf.
Court documents showed the suspect had been living on the same road in Auckland as the hostel Ms Millane disappeared from on Saturday, December 1.

Addressing Ms Millane's family in court on Monday, Judge Evangelos Thomas said: 'I don't know what to say to you at this time, but your grief must be desperate.

'We all hope justice will be fair and swift and ultimately brings you some peace.'