Boulter avoids jail again amidst Covid infection claims

ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEKThe British billionaire and owner of the farm Kaross in the Kamanjab district, Harvey Eric Boulter (51) - who is on trial for the murder of his farm manager - has still not spent a single night behind bars since the incident happened in February.After Boulter’s formal bail application failed in the Outjo Magistrate’s Court last week, he has been in quarantine at a hotel in Windhoek after testing positive for Covid-19.This was confirmed by the police commander of the Khomas Region, Commissioner Ismael Basson.The hotel is one of the health ministry’s approved sites for quarantine and isolation.Boulter’s bail application was rejected on 11 May by Outjo magistrate Immanuel Udjombala.Udjombala ordered that he be detained in the cells at the Kamanjab police station until his next court appearance on 30 June.Basson explained that Boulter was transferred from a Windhoek care facility to Outjo for the hearing.During this time, he apparently developed “complications” and his doctor instructed that he be transferred back to a hospital in Windhoek.Basson said Boulter was then transferred from the Outjo hospital to Windhoek on 12 May, where he tested positive for Covid-19.Asked whether Boulter would be hospitalised after quarantine and isolation, Basson said it would depend on the nature of the “complications” he had developed. ShootingBoulter allegedly shot and killed 54-year-old Gerhard van Wyk at Kaross on 27 February. During the same incident, Boulter shot himself in the hand.He appeared before the Outjo Magistrate's Court on 2 March and was denied bail, after which he was admitted to Mediclinic in Windhoek for treatment of his gunshot wound. From there, he was transferred to the care unit at the Auas Hills retirement village in the capital.Boulter is the chairman and CEO of the Porton Group in the Cayman Islands, which specialises in the commercialisation of military technology.Article edited on 23 November 2021

Boulter avoids jail again amidst Covid infection claims

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