Colonel Gaddafi is expected to produce evidence he claims will clear the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.

American relatives of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing said today’s verdict proved that Libya was responsible for state-sponsored terrorism.

The ruling will mean Fhimah, 44, is immediately free to leave the Netherlands and return to Libya.

Lockerbie trial prosecutors have closed their case after drawing together hundreds of hours of evidence.

Prosecutors in the Lockerbie trial have begun to draw their conclusions from hundreds of hours of evidence and are insisting the two Libyan defendants plotted to destroy Pan Am 103.

The case against two Libyans accused of carrying out the Lockerbie bombing has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt", according to prosecutors.