Lockerbie bomber battling advanced cancer

THE Lockerbie bomber is battling “advanced stage” cancer, his lawyer said yesterday.

Lockerbie bomber battling advanced cancer

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer after hospital tests last month and the disease has spread to other parts of his body, solicitor Tony Kelly said.

The former Libyan intelligence agent, 56, is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 which led to the deaths of 270 people.

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