Convicted Lockerbie Bomber AppealsA Libyan intelligence agent on Wednesday filed an appeal of his murder conviction in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. A lawyer for Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi lodged the notice of intention to appeal at the Scottish High Court in Edinburgh, the Scottish Courts Service said.Al-Megrahi, 48, was sentenced to life in prison Jan. 31 for his part in the bombing of a New York-bound flight which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. |
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