/ 20 April 2001

RUGBY PLAYERS APPLY FOR BAIL

SOME of the nine Noordelikes Rugby Club members accused of murdering a Northern Province teenager may apply for bail in the Pietersburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The bail application got off the ground on Wednesday, and bail was denied to the club’s match secretary Jaco Hartslief, who was the first to apply. The nine accused each face one charge of murder, two of attempted murder and one of defeating the ends of justice. They are Riaan Botha, 28, the son of a farm owner; Kobus Joubert, 34, a lieutenant in the SA National Defence Force in Pietersburg; Francois Viljoen, 19; Mike Adendorf, 24; Johan van Ravenstein, 28; Corne Kloppers, 22; Willem Boshoff, 27; Ben Korff, 26; and Hartslief, 27.