Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Nathan Boulter NZPA / David Rowland
A possessive stalker who stabbed a Christchurch mother 55 times after she broke off their relationship will be sentenced for murder in February.
Nathan Boulter murdered Chantal McDonald in Parklands in July.
He appeared via audio-visual link at the High Court at Christchurch on Friday morning, where an interim suppression order on McDonald’s name was lifted.
The pair were in a brief relationship before he harassed and stalked her.
He hid behind a tree waiting for her to get home with her children before stabbing her.
Boulter previously stalked other women, including one he held hostage for 38 hours on Great Barrier Island.
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