The mother of British backpacker Grace Millane, who was strangled to death by her Tinder date in New Zealand in 2018, reportedly addressed her daughter’s killer as he was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

“She died terrified and alone in your room” Gillian Millane told the unidentified killer in a New Zealand courtroom via video feed with a picture of her daughter by her side, according to the BBC.

The mother recounted how she considered suicide in the aftermath of her 21-year-old daughter’s death, who was killed after going back to her killer’s central Auckland hotel room on Dec. 1, 2018.

“I am absolutely heartbroken that you have taken my daughter’s future and robbed us of so many memories that we were going to create,” the mother said, as her daughter’s killer held his head in his hands.

She also told him she thinks about “the terror and pain she must have experienced at your hand,” the report said.

After the man strangled Grace, he shoved her body into a suitcase and dumped it in the woods, prosecutors said. She was found by rangers in a mountain region weeks later.

“The tears I shed are never-ending at the thought of never having the chance to kiss my Grace goodbye,” the mother said Friday.

The killer’s defense team had argued that Grace died in a case of “rough sex” taken too far.

Their client won’t be eligible for parole for 17 years, even though the defense argued for 11, claiming “rehabilitation and reintegration remains a real prospect,” according to BBC.