Scottish court rejects appeal over Lockerbie bomber’s conviction
A Scottish court has rejected a third appeal on behalf of the only man convicted of the bombing of an American airliner over the town of Lockerbie in 1988. Five judges from the Court of Criminal Appeal, led by Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, upheld the verdict of the original trial in a written ruling published on Friday. The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who died in 2012, argued that the conviction had been a miscarriage of justice. Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 for the killing of 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in southwest Scotland. His release in 2009 caused a political storm, with the Scottish government attacked by the US, the families of victims and UK political parties.<br/>
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Scottish court rejects appeal over Lockerbie bomber’s conviction
A Scottish court has rejected a third appeal on behalf of the only man convicted of the bombing of an American airliner over the town of Lockerbie in 1988. Five judges from the Court of Criminal Appeal, led by Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, upheld the verdict of the original trial in a written ruling published on Friday. The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who died in 2012, argued that the conviction had been a miscarriage of justice. Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 for the killing of 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in southwest Scotland. His release in 2009 caused a political storm, with the Scottish government attacked by the US, the families of victims and UK political parties.<br/>
