Nathan Boulter pleaded guilty last month to the murder of Chantal McDonald. Photo / Richard Robinson
Nathan Boulter pleaded guilty last month to the murder of Chantal McDonald. Photo / Richard Robinson
A woman killed by a spurned lover and stalker with a disturbing, violent past can now be named.
Chantal McDonald, 37, died on July 23 after Nathan Boulter stabbed her 55 times.
Boulter made a brief appearance via audiovisual link in the High Court at Christchurch today, where Justice JonathanEaton lifted McDonald’s name suppression.
The summary of facts, released earlier by the Crown, outlined how Boulter and McDonald entered into a brief relationship earlier this year.
On July 23, the 36-year-old stabbed her in a frenzied attack, delivering a total of 55 stab wounds at a home in Parklands, Christchurch, the summary says.
“The victim’s children ran into the house as the defendant was stabbing their mother.”
McDonald’s injuries were significant and included multiple trauma wounds to the head and face, causing extensive damage.
Boulter entered a guilty plea to her murder on November 13.
In January that year, he subjected his ex-partner, Nortessa Montgomerie, then 21, to physical attacks and threats over 38 hours after he bashed her unconscious and dragged her from her father’s home on the island.
Montgomerie’s ordeal ended only when she managed to convince Boulter that she wanted to leave the island with him. Police said that, in doing so, she saved her life.
Boulter pleaded guilty to nine charges, including kidnapping and wounding with intent, and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Al Williams is an Open Justice reporter for the New Zealand Herald, based in Christchurch. He has worked in daily and community titles in New Zealand and overseas for the last 16 years. Most recently, he was editor of the Hauraki-Coromandel Post, based in Whangamatā. He was previously deputy editor of the Cook Islands News.
