Title: Dealing in death
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.
Subjects: Drug addiction, Methamphetamine abuse, Drug addicts, Family relationships, Filicide, Social conditions
Places: South Africa, Cape Town, Cape Flats (South Africa)
People: Ellen Pakkies