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# Ex-Knight of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/ex-knight-of-the-day/
- Published: 2023-08-21T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-21T06:57:50.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> [James Hay Wallace ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300916219/prominent-businessman-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-three-men-can-now-be-named?ref=goodoil.news)can no longer use the title “Sir” after the government made a request to King Charles to strip him of his knighthood.  
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> Wallace was revealed as the prominent businessman who had sexually abused three young men back in June after he failed to be granted leave to appeal by the Supreme Court.  
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> Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced on Monday that Wallace is no longer able to use the title and has been asked to return his words of appointment in honours.  
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> Wallace was appointed as Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to the arts in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours.  
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> Back in June, five years after first being charged, Wallace could finally be named.  
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> *Stuff* and NZME successfully revoked his name suppression on the morning of his first trial in 2019\. However, at every step, Wallace appealed.  
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> *Stuff*

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300954792/king-charles-approves-cancellation-of-sex-offender-james-wallaces-knighthood--pm?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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