Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder and the Miscarriage of Justice - (Signed by the author Antony Altbeker)

Altbeker, Antony

ISBN 10: 1868423336 / ISBN 13: 9781868423330

Published by Jonathan Ball Publishers Sa, 2010

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Signed by the author, Antony Altbecker. Publication of 438 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. There is sporadic foxing around the block of the book and on the early pages, but very little in the body of the book. The text within the book remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder and the Miscarriage of Justice - (Signed by the author Antony Altbeker)
• Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers Sa
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1868423336
• ISBN 13: 9781868423330
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 23 ounces
• Signed: Signed

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Synopsis

In June 2005, Fred van der Vyver, a young actuary and the son of a wealthy Eastern Cape farming family, was charged with murdering his girlfriend, Inge Lotz, allegedly bludgeoning her to death with a hammer as she lay on a couch in her lounge. The case against Van der Vyver seemed overwhelming. His behaviour at the time of the murder appeared suspicious and incriminating, and a letter, penned by Inge on the morning of her death, suggested that the two had been fighting. But it was forensic evidence that seemed to prove his guilt: his fingerprints were found at the scene, one of his shoes was matched to a blood stain on the bathroom floor, and traces of blood were found on an ornamental hammer that had been given to him by the victim's parents. And yet, in one of the most sensational and controversial murder trials in South African legal history, Van der Vyver's lawyers sought to turn the tables on the police, accusing them of fabricating evidence and lying to the judge. In this book prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you into the heat of this epic courtroom battle. Altbeker's eye-witness account of the trial presents the reader with all the evidence and testimony of the trial, while also placing it in the context of a society and a justice system that are being stretched to breaking point.