Durban man banged up abroad
(WorldNews Africa)

Johannesburg - Every Wednesday Tommy Thompson waits for a phone call. Sometimes his phone will ring, other times it remains silent and the 72-year-old grandfather is forced to wait another week. But if the call does come, he has just three minutes to tell his son Edward what is happening at home and to ask what he desperately needs to be sent across. After the three minutes is up, Edward hands the phone over to the next inmate in line at the Ancon 1 maximum security jail, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Edward is serving time for drug trafficking. The one-time decorated Durban metro police officer last year was sentenced to six years and eight months for allegedly carrying 2kg of cocaine in...