Defence attorney ambushed and killed, and other brief reports

* Five boys aged between 14 and 15 have appeared in Welkom Magistrates’ Court on a charge of rape, said Free State police. Constable Kiddy Tsamai said the boys allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly was stabbed in the head and in the hand with a broken bottle during the incident. – News24 * A St Francis Bay fishing company, Evervest 32 is being sued for R1m by the Sharon Wellman Trust over the cancellation of a contract to manage a fishing fleet. – The Herald * Britain’s Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, has confirmed that the government would not release the legal advice it received on the war on Iraq, despite a string of demands to see the papers under the Freedom of Information Act. – The Independent * A man who took four staff members hostage and threatened to blow up a top high school in Potchefstroom, after he could not enrol his daughter, has been released on R500 bail. – SABC News * Insurance giant Mutual & Federal says there is a need for the short-term insurance industry to encourage more claims suppliers to become BEE compliant as there are not enough suppliers that are not achieving requirements laid out in the Financial Services Charter. – I-Net Bridge