Free legal help for hotel worker

A woman accused of fatally stabbing an official and injuring another after they propositioned her for sex will receive free legal representation.

Two Beijing-based lawyers, Xia Lin and Xia Nan, met with the woman's mother on Monday as police investigate the attack at Xiongfeng hotel in Badong county, Hubei province, last Sunday.

"We will decide on what course of action we will take once we have met her daughter," Xia Lin said.