Lockerbie Bomber Appeal Dropped By Review Commission
A Scottish legal body has decided it is not in the interests of justice'' for it to continue to review the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi over the Lockerbie bombing.
The Libyan, who died protesting his innocence in 2012, was found guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland on December 21 in which 270 people were killed.
Campaigners, said to be supported by Megrahi's family, last year launched an application with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) seeking a further review of his conviction in a bid to clear his name.
They argued his case is the worst miscarriage of justice in British legal history'' and hoped it would be referred back to the High Court for a fresh appeal.
But the SCCRC today announced it has refused the application.
Solicitor Aamer Anwar, representing the family of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi and the 26 British relatives of the Lockerbie bombing, said: “Those who instruct us are deeply disappointed with the Commission’s decision.
"However it is hoped that once the security situation improves in Libya that we will be able to pursue the SCCRC application in the hope that the Megrahi case is successfully referred back to the Court of Appeal”