New Zealand's Justice Minister, has warned Google could face prosecution for naming the 26-year-old man accused of murdering British backpacker, Grace Millanel, via an email.
The email said more than 100,000 Google searches had been made of the man's name nationally and the Minister says “Google is responsible for publishing information that’s been suppressed by a court”.
A Google spokesperson told the New Zealand Herald they did not know about the suppression order, adding that Google trend alerts were automatically generated based on searches.