The man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane made a grovelling apology for the hurt he has caused to those he became close to.
Jesse Kempson, 26, who is in police custody in New Zealand over the alleged killing of 22-year-old Grace, from Essex, said he had made a lot of ‘bad decisions’.
In a social media post in October, he added: ‘My clear arrogance and selfishness have truly affected the relationship I have had with people in my personal life.
‘I am not proud of some (decisions)…I know that I was growing up, emotionally, mentally. When we grow up, we make mistakes. That’s how we improve.
‘In the exam of life, you can’t retest yourself with the same question paper!
‘But with that being said, we can change how we treat each other and over time I’ve learnt how much compassion we all have as people.’
A grovelling Facebook message posted in October said Kempson (left) was ‘growing up’ and he had ‘made mistakes’ in his life
Kempson was revealed to have written a grovelling apology on his social media months before Ms Millane (pictured) was murdered last week
In a rambling Facebook post before his arrest, he blamed his failings on the stress in his life.
‘I’ve recently been diagnosed with severe anxiety and currently take medications to keep this under control.
‘Putting all that aside, I just want anyone who I’ve hurt, let down to know I’m truly sorry from my heart.’
MailOnline exclusively revealed yesterday that his former flatmates saw him as a master of deception who lied his way into being welcomed into their Auckland home.
He told one flat mate that he was negotiating to buy a restaurant in The Viaduct, Auckland. But he was accused of choosing the wrong restaurant for his deception, as the food outlet was owned by her family.
Kempson was said to have posed in suits on Facebook despite having to borrow money from his grandparents to survive
Charged: Kempson, 26, is pictured here alongside a policeman on his way to court on Monday, in an image obscured in accordance with New Zealand law
Ms Millane had been travelling New Zealand when she disappeared on December 1. Her body was found more than a week later, on Sunday morning
She later found him working as a barman at the restaurant which she said caused him to flee.
He was also claimed to have fled owing rent and lying that his mother had passed away.
According to the Sun, Kempson, a father-of-one who had spent time living in Sydney, Australia, was a frequent Tinder user, and had dated ‘a number of British backpackers’.
Friends told the newspaper he was given cash by his grandparents to move into the CityHotel in Auckland and blew his money on suits and watches to pose for pictures on the app.
Kempson was detained by detectives at the weekend after Grace’s family reported her missing, worried that she had stopped being in regular contact.
A former softball teammate told Daily Mail Australia Kempson was ‘creepy’ and ‘obsessed with girls’
The remains of Ms Millane were found some ten yards from the road. Pictured: A forensics officer at over the scene on Sunday
Last seen: Ms Millane is seen at three locations in central Auckland on December 1st, a week before her body is found
Kempson’s family revealed he was partly raised by his grandparents after his parents split up when he was a young child, and that he had lived with his mother in Sydney as a teenager.
‘He was a nice kid, but he sort of fell out with everybody, which is what happens with broken up marriages,’ his grandfather told Stuff.co.nz.
Kempson had become estranged from his family in recent years, with his father telling Stuff he had not spoken to his son for two years because of ‘a difference in opinion on life’.
The father of a British backpacker murdered in New Zealand today took part in a traditional Maori blessing where her body was found.
Her father David, who flew to the country from Essex after she went missing on December 1, took part in the blessing with his brother and members of the New Zealand police force.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline yesterday one of his former flatmates said that Kempson was a ‘liar’
The father (right today) of a British backpacker murdered in New Zealand today took part in a traditional Maori blessing where her body was found
The body of Grace, 22, pictured right with her family, was discovered on Sunday afternoon as police arrested a 26-year-old suspect over the crime
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