Clinton: 'Absolutely wrong' to free Lockerbie bomber

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton piled more pressure on the Scottish government today over whether to free the Lockerbie bomber by issuing a fresh call to keep him locked up.

Mrs Clinton said it was “absolutely wrong” to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, adding: “We are still encouraging the Scottish authorities not to do so and we hope that they will not.”