British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that...
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man
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British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man.
Jim Swire, who lost his daughter, Flora, in the 1988 disaster, said "We think there has been a miscarriage of justice. Thank God that Britain doesn't have the death penalty."
Dr Swire said that many of the relatives felt that Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi was not the man responsible.
"We think that the judges were excellent and the prosecution was very good, but that the defence was very poor," he said.
Megrahi, 49, lost his appeal against the 2001 conviction that found him responsible for the bomb that brought down PanAm flight 103, killing 270 people.
In Libya, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against Megrahi's conviction the Libyan government said it would take the case to the highest legal bodies, the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights.
Jim Swire, who lost his daughter, Flora, in the 1988 disaster, said "We think there has been a miscarriage of justice. Thank God that Britain doesn't have the death penalty."
Dr Swire said that many of the relatives felt that Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi was not the man responsible.
"We think that the judges were excellent and the prosecution was very good, but that the defence was very poor," he said.
Megrahi, 49, lost his appeal against the 2001 conviction that found him responsible for the bomb that brought down PanAm flight 103, killing 270 people.
In Libya, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against Megrahi's conviction the Libyan government said it would take the case to the highest legal bodies, the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: The Herald, 18/03/2002)
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