Scribe’s sentencing on drug charges delayed

Hip-hop artist Scribe’s sentencing on drugs charges has been delayed after it was revealed he has been charged with another offence in Auckland. The 38-year-old, real name Malo Ioane Luafutu, pictured, had been due to seek a discharge without conviction in the Christchurch District Court yesterday after he was found guilty in March at a judge-alone trial on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. The court was told he now had a further charge ‘‘of a domestic nature’’, which had been laid in Auckland last week. Judge Raoul Neave decided that the sentencing date would need to be adjourned to September 25. He wanted to know what happened with the other prosecution in the meantime. Luafutu remains on bail.