Son of Lockerbie bomber vows to take case to highest UK court after Scottish judges refuse latest bid to overturn conviction
The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi will appeal directly to the UK Supreme Court after Scottish judges refused their latest bid to overturn his conviction over the 1988 atrocity.
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Lockerbie bomber s family to appeal conviction in UK s top court
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi s family was denied an appeal over his conviction at the Scottish Appeal Court in January
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The family of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing will appeal his conviction in Britain s highest court after being refused permission by the Scottish Appeal Court.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, an intelligence officer who died in 2012, was jailed for life in 2001 for the attack which killed 259 people on board the Boeing 747, including 190 Americans and 11 people on the ground.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The family of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270 people will seek to appeal the conviction direct to Britain’s top court after being refused permission by the Scottish Appeal Court, their lawyer said.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, an intelligence officer who died in 2012, was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of the Scottish town of Lockerbie in the deadliest militant attack in British history.
In January, the Court of Criminal Appeal in Scotland rejected an appeal brought by his family, who had argued that there had been a possible misconduct of justice, and their lawyer Aamer Anwar said on Thursday the same court had now refused permission for them to appeal that decision.
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