Lockerbie Bomber Freed

[GlennB]

The 'investigation' section of the Lockerbie article on Wikipedia is worth a read just for starters.

Here

 

Ditto the Megrahi article itself.

Here

 

Among many points, they didn't test the recovered fragment of the timer device for explosives residue? Oops. 'for budgetary reasons' ? Double-oops. How expensive could that be?

 

Now none of this will see the light of day in court, as the appeal has been dropped.

Suffice to say that if a Brit were banged up somewhere in the world, for a similar crime and on the strength of this kind of evidence, we'd all be screaming blue murder.

[Huegh Angler]

What really gets up my nose is seeing him welcomed home a hero.

[Elton]

Now none of this will see the light of day in court, as the appeal has been dropped.

Suffice to say that if a Brit were banged up somewhere in the world, for a similar crime and on the strength of this kind of evidence, we'd all be screaming blue murder.

 

Maybe, but he wasn't freed on the strength, or otherwise, of his conviction. He was freed under 'compassionate grounds'.

 

Is there anywhere in the world an actual convicted mass-murderer of greater magnitude in captivity? There can't be many.

[barry luxton]

Among many points, they didn't test the recovered fragment of the timer device for explosives residue? Oops. 'for budgetary reasons' ? Double-oops. How expensive could that be?

 

Now none of this will see the light of day in court, as the appeal has been dropped.

 

He was found guilty, sentenced.

 

He had lodged an appeal against his sentance, the point you raised would certainly been tested back in court, however he decided to drop his appeal. So he has now forgone his right to have his conviction overturned and to be freed innocent of the crime.

Edited August 21, 2009 by barry luxton

[Huegh Angler]

Maybe, but he wasn't freed on the strength, or otherwise, of his conviction. He was freed under 'compassionate grounds'.

 

Is there anywhere in the world an actual convicted mass-murderer of greater magnitude in captivity? There can't be many.

 

How right you are Elton. At times I think that the government is trying to score brownie points with the terrorists. Not only do they give them time off their sentences, they welcome them into the country and swamp them with benefits! :angry:

[Alan Stubbs]

I remember how I felt at hearing that the Pan Am flight had gone down...... quite apart from the lives lost, it tolled the death knell for thousands of jobs as it brought bankruptcy to the airline.

 

 

The whole investigation was a sad indictment of the legal system and politics in the way al-megrahi was 'tried' - it wa scandalous.

 

That said, he has fundamentally admitted his guilt, and should have died behind the bars of a British jail.

[GlennB]

I remember how I felt at hearing that the Pan Am flight had gone down...... quite apart from the lives lost, it tolled the death knell for thousands of jobs as it brought bankruptcy to the airline.

 

 

The whole investigation was a sad indictment of the legal system and politics in the way al-megrahi was 'tried' - it wa scandalous.

 

That said, he has fundamentally admitted his guilt, and should have died behind the bars of a British jail.

 

I can't find a single reference to him admitting his guilt. Perhaps you mean it's implied by dropping the appeal? But I'd bet a good amount that that is part of a behind-the-scenes deal connected to this release.

[Sportsman]

Whether he dies here or there doesn't make a great deal of difference.

There is a good chance that information produced during the appeal would have proved to be embarrassing in the extreme and for that reason deals were done.

"you drop the appeal and we'll get you home" sort of style.

I am less interested in vengeance and more interested in the truth, now it seems that we are to be conveniently denied that.

If it meant anything at all the hearing should go ahead in his absence, but not much chance of that.

 

I wonder, could this have anything to do with it?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Libya

Edited August 21, 2009 by Sportsman

[snakey1]

Is there anywhere in the world an actual convicted mass-murderer of greater magnitude in captivity? There can't be many.

Pedro Lopez except he was released from prison in 1998 after spending 16 years in an Equadorian prison and 3 in a Columbian hospital, his current whereabouts are unknown.

Edited August 21, 2009 by snakey1

[barry luxton]

How right you are Elton. At times I think that the government is trying to score brownie points with the terrorists. Not only do they give them time off their sentences, they welcome them into the country and swamp them with benefits! :angry:

 

 

Oh well done Huegh, you are now free....................................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

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