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| UK deputy PM wants Lockerbie bomber jailed | |
| 2011-08-25 | |
| British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Wednesday he would like to see convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi put back in jail after the overthow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Many U.S. politicians and victims’ relatives are pressing for Megrahi’s extradition to the United States following his release on compassionate grounds two years ago. In all, 189 of the 270 killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing were American citizens. “My personal view is that I would like to see al Megrahi behind bars, because whatever you think he was convicted in a court of law for one of the most atrocious terrorist acts this country has ever seen,” Clegg told Sky TV. Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of playing a “significant part in planning and perpetrating” the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish border town of Lockerbie. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum jail term of 27 years but he returned to Libya in August 2009 after being freed from a Scottish jail on the grounds he was Scottish authorities Megrahi recently passed the second anniversary of his release. He appeared last month at a rally in support of Gaddafi, sitting in a wheelchair at a tribal meeting in Tripoli. Prime Minister David Cameron, who took office in May 2010, has called the release a mistake. However, Scotland has responsibility for its own legal system following devolution in 1999. Scottish government sources said Megrahi had abided by the licence terms of his release — submitting regular medical reports and reporting in through telephone conference calls.
“Our contact with Mr Megrahi over the past two years has been up-to date and has given us no cause for concern,” East Renfrewshire Council said in a statement. “The events over the weekend in Tripoli have put us into the position where we will need to contact Mr Megrahi earlier than we would have expected to,” it added. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Is that what this war is really all about? The Brits are upset because they found out this guy didn't really have terminal prostate cancer? They started a war for that? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-08-25 12:40 |
| #3 If he's "shot while trying to escape", that'd be okay too.. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-08-25 12:29 |
| #2 "Our contact with Mr Megrahi over the past two years has been up-to date and has given us no cause for concern," East Renfrewshire Council said in a statement. I'm certainly glad to receive that report. How reassuring for all of us who fly. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-08-25 11:52 |
| #1 If Megrahi were to meet an untimely end in Libya's current civil turmoil, few other than crocodiles would shed a tear. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-25 11:47 |