Artist killing case postponed and other brief reports...

* Former University of Cape Town doctoral student Maleafisha Steve Tladi (35) appeared briefly in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court yesterday in connection with the death of mathematics professor Brian Hahn. The case was postponed to August 12. – News24 * The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered Kulula.com to pull its latest television advert, which shows someone using a refrigerator in a bid to teleport to Durban. The ASA received a complaint pointing out that children die climbing into fridges, and that the advert was irresponsible. – Cape Argus * The Johannesburg District Court fined drug user Kevin Mathew Knight (37) R20 000 for being in possession of banned substance methcathinone (commonly known as Cat). Knight’s attorney had pleaded with the court not to give his client a prison sentence as he was an emotional and sensitive person with a ‘peculiar’ sexual orientation and as a result would not survive a direct prison term. – The Star * The fraud case of former Bearing Man employee Imtiaz Meakhan is scheduled to go to court towards the end of the month. Meakhan was arrested more than a year ago on charges of theft of documents. – Business Report * The Pretoria Bar is seeking to have sex trial Advocate Dirk Prinsloo struck from the roll as an advocate. – The Mercury * A former stylist for the Irish rock group U2 must return to Bono a range of clothes, including a cowboy hat and earrings, and nearly 200 backstage photographs, a judge ruled yesterday. Dublin Circuit Court Judge Matthew Deery said he did not accept Lola Cashman’s claim that Bono gave the clothes as gifts at the conclusion of the US leg of U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ tour in 1997. He ordered her to hand over the property within a week. – The Mercury * A Russian astrologer is suing Nasa for deforming her horoscope. Marina Bai has sued the US space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late on Sunday ‘ruins the natural balance of the universe’, the newspaper Izvestia reported yesterday. Bai is seeking damages totalling 8.7 billion rubles ($300m) for her ‘moral sufferings’. – The Mercury