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Wintec has stripped disgraced businessman and arts patron James Wallace of the honorary Master of Arts he was awarded in 2019.

Cambridge born Wallace, one of the country’s leading arts and film philanthropists and a former rich-lister, was convicted in May 2021 of indecently assaulting three men and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

He was jailed for two years and four months but kept his name suppressed until the end of last month.

Wintec told The News it has academic regulations that cover “situations such as this one” and it had been reviewing the matter since Wallace’s name suppression was lifted.

“As a result, Wintec-Te Pūkenga has formally approved the decision to remove the Wintec Honorary Degree, Master of Arts, from Sir James Wallace.”

The Government has also started proceedings to strip the 85-year-old of the knighthood he was awarded in 2011.

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