I wouldn't wish cancer on anybody, but....

[King Herald]

..this may be an exception:

Yahoo said:

The Lockerbie bomber is battling "advanced stage" cancer, his lawyer said.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer after hospital tests last month and the disease has spread to other parts of his body, solicitor Tony Kelly said.

The former Libyan intelligence agent, 56, is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 which led to the deaths of 270 people.

He was taken from his prison cell in HMP Greenock under tight security to undergo hospital tests at Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock last month.

It is understood he underwent a scan during an outpatient appointment before being returned to jail.

He arrived at the hospital in a convoy of six police motorcyclists and two police cars and spent about two hours there.

Al Megrahi was convicted of the Lockerbie bombing in 2001.

He lost an appeal in 2002, but was given a fresh chance to clear his name in June last year when the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) referred his case back to appeal judges for a second time.

Mr Kelly said that at this stage it would be "unwise" to attempt to predict his client's life expectancy.

But he said the appeal process would go on.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081021/tuk-lawyer-lockerbie-bomber-has-cancer-6323e80.html



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[bob1179]

What a shame.

[s3fella]

Assuming he did it which is certainly a little debatable..........?!!?

Edited by s3fella on Tuesday 21st October 13:13

[TommyTT]

There is a strong posibilty that this man is innocent. Lovely people wishing cancer on anyone.

[C8PPO]

If he's guilty, let's hope that they manage to prolong his life as long as possible. Preferably minus pain relief.

[theboymoon]

At most he was nothing but a bit part player.

The prosecution case against him was very weak indeed.

please take these comments in the context of what was a terrible terrible act...

[bob1179]

If he is indeed innocent I retract my tactless comment, I don't know about the case to comment on whether he was a bit part player or not. The Lockerbie incident does stir some very strong feelings for me, hence my comment.

[quotemehappy]

His conviction never was 100% safe, more like the authorites were looking for a scapegoat.

[scorp]

s3fella said:

Assuming he did it which is certainly a little debatable..........?!!?

I was going to post the same, i remember reading somewhere about this guy volunteering to be a fall guy for the libyan government.

[King Herald]

TommyTT said:

There is a strong posibilty that this man is innocent. Lovely people wishing cancer on anyone.

So, you have better evidence than the courts system? You have information they weren't privy to? If he is actually innocent then I have no issue with that, wish him no ill, but he has been tried and convicted. He has appealed, been overturned...

[Jasandjules]

bob1179 said:

What a shame.

+ 1

Hope it's painful (assuming he is actually guilty)...

[Reidy10_0]

He is just a scapegoat, so it makes no difference.
They bombers were never brought to justice.

[theboymoon]

King Herald said:

TommyTT said:

There is a strong posibilty that this man is innocent. Lovely people wishing cancer on anyone.

So, you have better evidence than the courts system? You have information they weren't privy to? If he is actually innocent then I have no issue with that, wish him no ill, but he has been tried and convicted. He has appealed, been overturned...

hang on a second.

The evidence against al-Megrahi was always a bit shaky to say the least. Essentially it all hinged around the testimony of a Maltese shopkeeper who 'thinks' he remembers Megrahi buying the suitcase from his shop. The suitcase was subsquently used as the carrier of the bomb.

I think, but please correct me if i am wrong, that the case was due to go to a second appeal sometime soon.

I'm also dredging up from my memories that he was originally tried alongside another individual whose case collapsed because of the lack of recognition byt he shopkeeper.

Someone, somewhere is responsible for a terrible act of terrorism and should be brought to Justice. Was al-Megrahi part of that plot? Possibly. Was he the mastermind behind it all? Not a chance.

You can read more here:-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/17/politics....

Guys - please dont take the above as gospel, it all happened a few years ago. I do have more than a passing interest - being a Scot and having worked in the Justice Department at the time of the trial.

Edited by theboymoon on Tuesday 21st October 13:45

[scorp]

King Herald said:

So, you have better evidence than the courts system? You have information they weren't privy to? If he is actually innocent then I have no issue with that, wish him no ill, but he has been tried and convicted. He has appealed, been overturned...

I would say you're naive for taking a court decision as absolute truth, especially in this case with all the politics involved.

[bazking69]

Rot and die in jail...

[MK4 Slowride]

theboymoon said:

King Herald said:

TommyTT said:

There is a strong posibilty that this man is innocent. Lovely people wishing cancer on anyone.

So, you have better evidence than the courts system? You have information they weren't privy to? If he is actually innocent then I have no issue with that, wish him no ill, but he has been tried and convicted. He has appealed, been overturned...

hang on a second.

The evidence against al-Megrahi was always a bit shaky to say the least. Essentially it all hinged around the testimony of a Maltese shopkeeper who 'thinks' he remembers Megrahi buying the suitcase from his shop. The suitcase was subsquently used as the carrier of the bomb.

I think, but please correct me if i am wrong, that the case was due to go to a second appeal sometime soon.

I'm also dredging up from my memories that he was originally tried alongside another individual whose case collapsed because of the lack of recognition byt he shopkeeper.

Someone, somewhere is responsible for a terrible act of terrorism and should be brought to Justice. Was al-Megrahi part of that plot? Possibly. Was he the mastermind behind it all. Not a chance?

You can read more here:-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/17/politics....

Guys - please dont take the above as gospel, it all happened a few years ago. I do have more than a passing interest - being a Scot and having worked in the Justice Department at the time of the trial.

Edited by theboymoon on Tuesday 21st October 13:40

See my post here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I also would like to see all those responsible brought to justice as this was the act of more than one person.

[theboymoon]

MK4 Slowride said:

See my post here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I also would like to see all those responsible brought to justice as this was the act of more than one person.

I just read your post - words cannot express....

RIP

[anonymous-user]

His conviction was at best shakey.

I was listening to one of the Lockerbie parents on the radio the other day talking about him. He said he'd been told that Al Megrahi was most certainly innocent by senior figures in both the U.K. and U.S. the security services.

[shadowninja]

C8PPO said:

If he's guilty, let's hope that they manage to prolong his life as long as possible. Preferably minus pain relief.

An interesting, if slightly inhumane form of punishment.

"I hereby sentence you to 15 years of cancer by injection without any form of painkillers for the rape and murder of your 11 year old victim."

Edited by shadowninja on Tuesday 21st October 13:59

[S1MMA]