Justice Delayed

During the early evening of 28 June 2005 Yunus and Sara are busy relaxing watching the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on television with their youngest daughter, Meskha. The smalls enjoy a stable family life in Pietermaritzburg where Rochelle grew up. The telephone rings. The nine year old Meskha jumps up to answer the phone.’ “Dad there’s a man on the line and he says it is very urgent”. This was the beginning of a family’s courageous journey in seeking justice for
Rochelle’s death. The book provides valuable insight into some of the challenges which a prosecutor in a private prosecution may face and explains the importance of cold forensic evidence in finding answers to many complex questions. The story also focuses on the human side of various role players in the litigation that followed and the life lessons to be learned from Yunus and Sara’s extraordinary journey including the life lessons learned from the author’s own near death experience when he was attacked by a Great White shark as a young student.

Author, Gideon Scheltema is a first-time writer and an advocate in private practice
in KwaZulu-Natal.

“An incredibly interesting, inspiring, pacey and multi-layered story.”
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