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Lockerbie bomber’s family to appeal conviction to UK’s top court

Lockerbie bomber’s family to appeal conviction to UK’s top court

THE family of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270 people will seek to appeal the conviction direct to Britain's top court after being refused permission by the Scottish Appeal Court, their lawyer said. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, an intelligence officer who died in 2012, was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of the Scottish town of Lockerbie in the deadliest militant attack in British history. In January, the Court of Criminal Appeal in Scotland rejected an appeal brought by his family, who had…
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Lockerbie bomber’s conviction upheld

Lockerbie bomber’s conviction upheld

MICHAEL HOLDEN A Scottish court rejected on Friday an appeal to overturn the conviction of a now-deceased Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270 people. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, an intelligence officer who died in 2012, was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of the Scottish town in the deadliest militant attack in British history. In March, an independent Scottish review ruled that his family could launch a third appeal due to a possible miscarriage of justice. But on Friday, five judges at the Court…
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Scottish court told evidence was flawed in Lockerbie bombing trial

Scottish court told evidence was flawed in Lockerbie bombing trial

ESTELLE SHIRBON SCOTLAND’S High Court has been told that the conviction of a Libyan man over the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing, the deadliest militant attack in British history, rested on evidence that was badly flawed. The family of now-deceased Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the bombing that killed 270 people, have launched a posthumous appeal, supported by some victims' relatives who say the truth has yet to come out. Pam Am Flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 en route from London to New York, carrying mostly Americans on their…
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