Dealing in death
Subtitle: Ellen Pakkies and a community's struggle with Tik
By: Sylvia Walker
Publisher: Oshun Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781770200319
Subjects: Drug addiction; Methamphetamine abuse; Drug addicts; Family relationships; Filicide; Social conditions
Other titles: Ellen Pakkies and a community's struggle with Tik
Description: "In September 2007, Ellen Pakkies, a working mother from Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats, strangled her son to death. The judge in the subsequent trial sentenced her to community service for her crime. What had driven Ellen to this horrific deed, and why the ostensibly light sentence for such a heinous crime? And why did Ellen's tragic story grip the imagination of the country?''--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-236).