Lockerbie bomber’s conviction can be appealed again, panel finds

The only person found guilty for the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 can have his conviction appealed posthumously, according to a decision by a legal review panel. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, or SCCRC, decided in May 2018 to review the case because it said Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi abandoned his appeal because he believed it would secure his release from prison and help him return to Libya. “Mr. Megrahi’s family is now entitled to instruct an appeal against his conviction,” the commission said in a statement on Wednesday. It has referred the case to the High Court and it’s now a matter for the prosecution and defense to decide how to proceed, it said. Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 for the killing of 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. <br/>