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Award-winning author, Anthony Altbeker, has penned an account of one of the most sensational and controversial murder trials in South African legal history. In "Fruit of a Poisoned Tree - A True Story of Murder and the Miscarriage of Justice" - Altbeker investigates the murder of student, Inge Lotz.
The case against her boyfriend, Fred Van der Vyver seemed overwhelming.
And yet, Van der Vyver’s lawyers sought to turn the tables on the police, accusing them of fabricating evidence and lying to the judge.
In "Fruit of a Poisoned Tree", Altbeker takes you into the heart of this epic courtroom battle and places the trial in the context of a society and a justice system stretched to breaking point.
This is Altbeker's third book about crime and justice in South Africa. His first, The Dirty Work of Democracy, won the Recht Malan prize for non-fiction. His second, A Country at War with Itself, is widely regarded as the most authoritative popular account of the causes of South Africa’s crime problem and of what to do to fix it.
| Date | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| Time | 12:30 for 13:00 |
| Venue | The Forum, V & A Hotel, V & A Waterfront |
| Parking | Normal V & A Waterfront parking |
| Cost | R140 Members R180 Guests |
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