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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi's conviction to be referred to appeal court

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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has today referred the Lockerbie bombing case of the late Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi to the High Court of Justiciary - for the second time.

Megrahi’s family is now entitled to instruct an appeal against his conviction on 31 January 2001 for the murders of the 243 passengers and the 16 crew on board Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York.A further 11 residents of Lockerbie also lost their lives on 21 December 1988.

The Commission has sent a statement of reasons for its decision to the High Court. It has sent a copy of the document to the Megrahi family lawyers, Aamer Anwar & Co.

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