Person: Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi

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Lockerbie release - Mercy is not a sign of weakness

SCOTTISH Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill yesterday decided to release Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a 57-year-old Libyan national and former intelligence agent who was sentenced to a 27-year term in 2001 for his role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, in which 270 people, the majority of them Americans, died.

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Appeal into Lockerbie bomb conviction begins

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Lockerbie bomber may be innocent

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French veto threat hangs over Libya vote

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€2.4bn for Lockerbie victims

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Lockerbie: Libya agrees £1.7bn deal

Libya admits civil responsibility for Lockerbie

Libya is willing to pay more than £1.5bn (€2.25bn) to the families of victims of Pan Am Flight 103 after accepting “civil responsibility” for the 1988 explosion over Lockerbie.

Wed, 30 Apr, 2003

Libya offers $10m to every Lockerbie bomb victim

LIBYA will pay $10m (€9.1m) to each of the 270 victims of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing after accepting civil responsibility for the blast, Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham said.

Wed, 30 Apr, 2003

Minister: Libya willing to pay Lockerbie compensation

Libya is willing in principle to pay compensation to relatives of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing but is still considering the amount, a minister in Colonel Gaddafi’s government said today.

Wed, 18 Sep, 2002

Abu Nidal 'not involved in Lockerbie'

Abu Nidal, the once-feared terrorist who died mysteriously in Baghdad last month, was not involved in the Lockerbie bombing, his group claimed today.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2002

Mandela bid to visit Lockerbie bomber in prison

Former South African president Nelson Mandela hopes to go to Scotland early next week to visit the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, it was confirmed today.

Wed, 05 Jun, 2002

US administration cool to Libyan Lockerbie offer

Libya’s preliminary €2.9bn offer to families of 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is not the only step needed for a lifting of sanctions against the country, the US administration has said.

Thu, 30 May, 2002

Libya offers €11m to families of Lockerbie victims

Libya has offered to pay around €11m per family as compensation for the deaths of 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, lawyers representing the families have said.

Wed, 29 May, 2002

Lawyers say Lockerbie compensation close

Negotiators are close to an agreement on the amount of compensation Libya will offer families of the 270 people killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, a lawyer involved in the talks said today.

Thu, 02 May, 2002

Lockerbie: Defense questions credibility of witness

The defence and a British MP raised more questions today about the credibility of a witness whose evidence was critical in convicting a Libyan for the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie.

Mon, 28 Jan, 2002

Lockerbie bomber has ‘slim chance’ of appeal victory

Lawyers for a former Libyan secret service agent today appealed to a Scottish court to overturn his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, claiming to have new evidence proving a miscarriage of justice.

Wed, 23 Jan, 2002

Lockerbie bomber protests his innocence

The Libyan intelligence agent sentenced to life in prison for the Lockerbie bombing has reaffirmed his innocence in an interview published today.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2001

Both Lockerbie decisions were unanimous

A Scottish court today convicted Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi of murder in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie that killed 270 people.

Wed, 31 Jan, 2001

Lockerbie prosecution to conclude case

The prosecution is set to begin its closing speech as the Lockerbie trial resumes in the Netherlands.

Tue, 09 Jan, 2001