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Gerhardus Van Wyk will be laid to rest on Wednesday morning after a service at the Dutch Reformed kerk in the little Namibian bush town of Outjo.
Were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of mourners would be expected to attend the funeral. Burly, bearded Mr Van Wyk was a popular figure in the remote north of Namibia, in southern Africa. A gentle giant , several friends have told the Mail.
He had led a life filled with great danger. As a young man during the Angolan Bush War (which raged from 1966 to 1990), he fought Soviet-backed guerrillas while serving in the apartheid-era South African Army. Later, as a park ranger and game-reserve manager, he battled poachers armed with assault rifles and faced charging elephants. He was a noted horseman.
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A British billionaire has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead a member of his staff in Namibia.
Harvey Boulter, 51, is said to have scuffled with the manager of his 66,000-acre farm, Gerhardus van Wyk, during a barbecue on the evening of February 27.
The businessman reportedly insulted and threatened Van Wyk’s family with a gun in an argument that erupted after he drunkenly suggested that the 54-year-old’s daughter-in-law owed him sex in exchange for a favour.
When Mr Van Wyk intervened and tried to wrestle the gun off him, he was hit by a single shot and rushed to the nearest hospital about 100 miles from the farm, police said.
A British billionaire has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead a member of his staff during a scuffle at a barbecue in Namibia.
Harvey Boulter, 51, is said to have threatened Gerhard van Wyk with the pistol in an argument which erupted after he drunkenly suggested that the 54-year-old s daughter-in-law owed him sex in exchange for a favour.
Van Wyk tried to wrestle the pistol out of Boulter s hands but was hit by a single shot and died on the way to hospital, it is claimed.
Boulter - a Ukip donor who once had a hand in Liam Fox s resignation from the UK cabinet - was later arrested at his 66,000-acre property and is facing a murder charge.
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