Lockerbie bombing wreckage to be used as evidence in trial against Libyan suspect
dailyrecord.co.ukA section of the American airliner involved in the Lockerbie bombing will be used as evidence during the trial of a Libyan suspect.The segment of the wreckage will be transported to the US ahead of the trial against Abu Agila Masud in Washington DC in May.
Masud has been accused of making the bomb which destroyed the plane on December 21, 1988.Relatives of the 270 victims have been informed of the latest development on the approach to the 36th anniversary of the terrorist attack.
The process is part of a formal evidence sharings agreement between Scottish law enforcement authorities and American counterparts.Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the murders of all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people in Lockerbie who died when the aircraft crashed onto their homes.
It has always been the Crown’s contention that Megrahi acted with others in the commission of his crime.The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “The trial court held that this act of state-sponsored terrorism was orchestrated by the Libyan government and that Megrahi was involved with others.
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