Hague: No BP link to Lockerbie deal

BRITISH Foreign Secretary William Hague told the US there was “no evidence” to support claims the release of the Lockerbie bomber was linked to BP oil deals.

Hague wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton amid renewed questions in Washington over the Scottish Executive’s decision to return Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi to Libya last year.

A group of Democrat senators is demanding an inquiry into claims the oil giant lobbied for the release to smooth a deal and an influential senate committee is also to examine the case.