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Secret Lockerbie files to be released for court appeal by convicted bomber's family

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Scottish judges have ordered protected documents held by the UK Government be released to the court as part of an appeal to clear the Lockerbie bomber.The family of late Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi want to review secret files as part of their case.Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said producing the documents, which are covered by a public immunity certificate, would cause “harm to the United Kingdom Government’s international relations”.He added any release would inflict “real harm to the national security of the United Kingdom”.But appeal court judges said they will order two protectively marked documents (PMDs) to be produced.

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