US Senators urged to back Lockerbie inquiry call

US senators who want a hearing into the Lockerbie bomber’s release were urged to sign a letter asking the Scottish Government to hold its own public inquiry into the tragedy, it emerged last night.

The Justice for Megrahi Committee, a group of campaigners who believe Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi may have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice, wants Holyrood ministers to launch a probe into the full circumstances of the affair.