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The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has lost an appeal against his late father’s conviction. The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain’s largest terrorist atrocity. Former Libyan intelligence officer Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of mass murder and … Read more
The suspected Lockerbie bombmaker is said to have told investigators how he positioned the explosive device near metal to avoid detection by airport scanners. Abu Agila Masud reportedly told Libyan law enforcement in 2012 how he was also given $500 to fill the suitcase containing the explosive with clothes. The United States on Monday unsealed … Read more
US Attorney General Bill Barr has announced new criminal charges against an alleged bombmaker involved in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people. Abu Agila Masud, a former Libyan intelligence officer, is accused of assembling a bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 as it passed over the small town of Lockerbie, … Read more
US set to announce new charges against suspected Lockerbie bomb maker on 32nd anniversary of attack that killed 270 Attorney General Barr is set to announce charges against Abu Agila Masud The former Libyan intelligence officer is accused of being involved in the attack Pan Am flight 103 exploded in 1988 with debris crashing into town … Read more
New suspect to be charged over 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people – as it’s revealed he was bombmaker for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Abu Agila Mohammad Masud faces extradition to the United States, reports say Masud was allegedly a bombmaker for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi The Justice Department expects to unseal … Read more
A third appeal against the conviction of dead Libyan spy Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing brought by the convicted murderer’s son is under way at the High Court in Edinburgh today. The downing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain’s largest … Read more
Lockerbie bomber’s lawyers say they should be allowed to see secret Government papers as they appeal against his conviction over terror outrage that killed 270 It was claimed Abdelbaset al-Megrahi may have suffered miscarriage of justice He was jailed for life in 2001 for the 1988 bombing of London to New York flight Family lawyers … Read more
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi may have been victim of miscarriage of justice and his family can appeal his conviction over terror outrage that killed 270, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission says Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was only man found guilty of the 1988 aircraft bombing He died in 2012 after he was allowed to return from Scotland … Read more