Boulter was subject to prison release conditions at the time. <\/p>\n
Corrections has carried out a review of his monitoring, and a report has been provided to the Coroner before an inquest into McDonald\u2019s death and whether it could have been prevented. <\/p>\n
Now, the Herald can reveal that Boulter is a nephew of Warren Leslie Boulter, who was jailed for life after he beat and stabbed Sharyn Wilkinson-Foley to death in 2012 when she tried to end an abusive relationship with him.<\/p>\n
Sources said Nathan Boulter\u2019s mother is one of Warren Boulter\u2019s five siblings.<\/p>\n
Nathan Boulter appeared via AVL for sentencing at the Christchurch High Court. Photo \/ Chris Skelton \/ Pool<\/p>\n
One of Warren Boulter\u2019s children -Nathan Boulter\u2019s cousin – indicated the family were very reluctant to speak about the killers. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe actions one chooses to make are their own,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Nathan done and what my dad done is of their own choice – with consequences – that us family suffer for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren Boulter was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 13 years in 2013. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo doubt the Parole Board, many years into the future, will wish to think very carefully about whether you any longer pose a serious risk to women before they consider releasing you from prison,\u201d said Justice Ronald Young at his sentencing in the High Court at Nelson in October 2013. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere can be no doubt, Mr Boulter, that you are a great danger to women that you have a relationship with. You seem to think that they should bend to your will and desire no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilkinson-Foley was found dead in her Richmond home by her parents in May 2012. <\/p>\n
\u201c[She] made it clear that she had decided she no longer wished to have a relationship with you. You decided she could not be permitted to make that decision,\u201d said Justice Young. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou refused to accept it. You were aggressive and threatening towards her and I am sure that shortly after you arrived at that house you began beating her.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the day of the murder, Wilkinson-Foley had arranged for Warren Boulter to pick up some clothing he had left behind. <\/p>\n
He began punching her in the face and knocked her to the ground. <\/p>\n
He then went to the kitchen and selected a knife. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou stabbed her repeatedly and violently in the neck. You caused her severe injuries. She bled to death,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs she must have lain dying, you showered, changed your clothes and \u2026 left the house. You would have known that she would have [been] slowly bleeding to death.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou showed no interest in her and then you tried to disguise the killing and your involvement. But eventually you were arrested and stood trial. You denied that you were the killer but the evidence overwhelmingly said that you were.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan Boulter. Photo \/ Richard Robinson<\/p>\n
Justice Young accepted that Warren Boulter may not have been planning to kill Wilkson-Foley before he got to her home. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut after you assaulted her, it is clear to me that you were determined to kill her,\u201d he said in court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way in which the knife was used, stabbing her in the neck in a violent way, illustrated the ferocity of your attack. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a callous, brutal killing of a woman you shortly before had a relationship with and you claimed to have loved.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court heard that Warren Boulter had \u201ca history of violent reactions when a relationship ends\u201d.<\/p>\n
He refused to speak to pre-sentence report writers and \u201cmade no sign of any remorse or any willingness to make amends\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis again emphasised the cold-blooded killing of this woman,\u201d Justice Young said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe propensity evidence called at trial illustrated that on a previous occasion when a woman had decided she no longer wished to have a relationship with you that you acted violently towards her and threatened to kill her. And you were imprisoned then.<\/p>\n
\u201cI repeat. You are a clear and obvious danger to women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilkinson-Foley\u2019s parents and sisters read victim impact statements in court at the time. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur lives have been shattered, our hearts are empty, part of us have gone with her. There will always be a huge hole in our lives that nothing or no one can fill,\u201d her parents said. <\/p>\n
One of her sisters said: \u201cYou have destroyed our family and changed our lives forever and yet you show no emotion and, even more distressing, no remorse for the evil crime that you have committed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren Boulter was jailed for life in 2013 for murdering his ex. Photo \/ File<\/p>\n
Justice Young said the statement \u201cstresses the deep loss and permanent effect\u201d that her death had. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a family that has been shaken to its core by your murder,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI acknowledge their dignity and their loss.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan Boulter\u2019s offending, criminal history and sentencing circumstances were eerily similar. <\/p>\n
He also used a weapon to stab his ex to death at her own home before fleeing. <\/p>\n
He too has a documented history of offending against women, including violence, kidnapping, threats, stalking and harassment. <\/p>\n
His offending has escalated towards women ending relationships with him. <\/p>\n