A Maltese university student admitted in court this afternoon that he had sent an e-mail to the administrators of Lourdes Sanctuary in France, threatening to bomb the place, using four bombs.
Francis Cassar, 26 of Naxxar, admitted to sending the e-mail on August 1 this year through a fake hotmail account.
He also admitted to misusing a computer.
Magistrate Joseph Apap Bologna condemned him to a one-year jail term, suspended for two years, and fined him €200.
Informed sources said that Mr Cassar had visited Lourdes with his family earlier this year but felt frustrated that problems within his family had not been resolved.