Lockerbie bomber allowed appeal
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The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been granted leave to make a second appeal.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was jailed for the 1988 atrocity in which 270 people died when Pan-Am flight 103 exploded over the Scottish town.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which has been investigating Megrahi's case since 2003, recommended the second appeal.
The Libyan was convicted in January 2001 and is in jail in Greenock.
The commission is responsible for looking into possible miscarriages of justice.
It had the option to refer the case to the High Court for a second appeal or reject the submissions by Megrahi's lawyers.
The Glasgow-based commission looked at the way Megrahi's defence was carried out, as well as the way the panel of three judges handled the case.
Lawyers representing Megrahi have always maintained he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
He has already had one appeal following his conviction in January 2001.
That was heard at Kamp van Zeist, the former Dutch air base where he and his co-accused, Al-amin Khalifa Fhima, were tried.
Mr Fhima was acquitted and flew home to Tripoli.
Megrahi's appeal was rejected in March 2002 and since then he has been held in Gateside Prison in Greenock.
On 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 was en route from London to New York when it exploded in mid-air.
All 259 people on board were ******, along with 11 people on the ground.
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The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been granted leave to make a second appeal.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was jailed for the 1988 atrocity in which 270 people died when Pan-Am flight 103 exploded over the Scottish town.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which has been investigating Megrahi's case since 2003, recommended the second appeal.
The Libyan was convicted in January 2001 and is in jail in Greenock.
The commission is responsible for looking into possible miscarriages of justice.
It had the option to refer the case to the High Court for a second appeal or reject the submissions by Megrahi's lawyers.
The Glasgow-based commission looked at the way Megrahi's defence was carried out, as well as the way the panel of three judges handled the case.
Lawyers representing Megrahi have always maintained he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
He has already had one appeal following his conviction in January 2001.
That was heard at Kamp van Zeist, the former Dutch air base where he and his co-accused, Al-amin Khalifa Fhima, were tried.
Mr Fhima was acquitted and flew home to Tripoli.
Megrahi's appeal was rejected in March 2002 and since then he has been held in Gateside Prison in Greenock.
On 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 was en route from London to New York when it exploded in mid-air.
All 259 people on board were ******, along with 11 people on the ground.
