Fruit Of A Poisoned Tree A True Story Of Murder And The Miscarriage Of Justice Antony Altbeker by Antony Altbeker 9781868423941, 1868423948 instant download after payment.

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 table
on the police, accusing them of fabricating evidence and lying to the
judge. In Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder and the
Miscarriage of Justice, prize-winning author Antony Altbeker takes you
into the heart of the 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.