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Namibia which could be converted to an exclusive hunting farm. At the time it was run as lion rehabilitation center by Uwe and Tammy Hoth, who eventually sold their adjacent properties, Kavita Lion Lodge and Pionier, to a Boulter-controlled company. After Boulter's divorce from his wife Leonorah,
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Paramount Healthcare Centre for an undisclosed ailment. In July he was granted N$ 500,000 bail on condition that he resides at a fixed Windhoek address and reports weekly to the local police. Boulter's bail conditions were amended in January
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Gerhard van Wyk (54), whom he employed as manager of the 66,000-acre property, was shot during a scuffle at a barbecue on the farm on February 27, 2021. Boulter's lawyer confirmed that the billionaire had been charged with murder and was in police custody.
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A British judge ordered the 3M Corporation to pay $ 1.3 million in damages Monday after finding that the company had failed to make good on its promise to market a diagnostic test to screen for a dangerous bacterium found in hospitals.
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investment fund. One of its investments in this space is focused on secure messaging and mobile voice protection technologies through
Communication Security Group, of which Boulter is Chairman. CSG’s Seecrypt and Cellcrypt products use
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Boulter had tried to blackmail the company into settling the case for $ 30 million by threatening to use his ties to a top British government official to derail plans to confer a knighthood on 3M’s chief executive,
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Baclite. In November 2011 the UK High Court found in favor of the Porton Group. However, Boulter as a public face in this complex law suit, exposed the unusual relationship between
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