How about - like father, like son?
"Mr Annan, who said that his son had apologised, is still trying to understand his behaviour."
How about - like father, like son?
How about - "apologised"??? Does an apology really suffice? How about true pentinance? Like wading the entire croc-filled Nile River?
Criminals and the corrupt can "apologize" to the high heavens after the fact, but their punishments should fit their offenses.