9:34 am today

Nathan Boulter pleads guilty to murder of woman in Christchurch

9:34 am today
Christchurch District Court

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Christchurch.

It can now be revealed the man is Nathan Boulter.

Boulter was jailed for eight years and six months in 2012 for kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend over a 38 hour ordeal on Great Barrier Island.

Boulter appeared in the High Court at Christchurch on Thursday before Justice Rachel Dunningham and pleaded guilty to murdering a woman on 23 July at a property in Parklands.

A date for sentencing will be set next month at a further hearing.

The name of the victim is currently suppressed.

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