BP ‘not to blame’ for bomber’s release

DAVID CAMERON insisted yesterday that BP should not be blamed for the “completely wrong” decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

Speaking at a White House press conference alongside Barack Obama, the Prime Minister said the Scottish Government was responsible for freeing Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

He also warned the US against excessive punishment of BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — insisting it was in no one’s interests to undermine the firm’s future.