World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Desmond Tutu’s Son Sentenced to Prison
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Trevor Tutu, son of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for threatening to explode a bomb aboard an airplane in 1989. Tutu, 34, who has been involved in several confrontations with authorities in recent years, remains free on bail of $1,700 pending appeal. He was convicted on three counts of violating the Civil Aviation Act and one of criminal injury.
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