A miscarriage of justice may have occurred in the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing, the Scottish criminal cases review commission has found, paving the way for a fresh appeal.
The application to the SCCRC was made by the lawyer Aamer Anwar on behalf of al-Megrahi’s family and was supported by some families of those who died in the 1988 disaster.
The al-Megrahi family is entitled to lodge an appeal against his conviction on 31 January 2001 for the murders of the 243 passengers and the 16 crew onboard Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York, and 11 residents of Lockerbie, on 21 December 1988.
The commission has sent a statement of reasons for its decision to the high court.
More follows soon …
source https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/11/lockerbie-bomber-conviction-may-have-been-miscarriage-of-justice
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