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demdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 11:12 AM
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Lockerbie father fears jailed man is innocent
A Lockerbie campaigner whose daughter was killed in the bombing has revealed that he met the wife of the Libyan security agent convicted of the atrocity because he now believes the man is innocent.

Jim Swire, who helped secure Abdel Baset al Megrahi's conviction, said he arranged the meeting in Glasgow because he harbours a sense of guilt.

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Al Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of the 1988 bombing and sentenced to life imprisonment by a specially convened Scottish court in the Netherlands.

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Dr Swire, 67, the head of the organisation which represents the families of UK victims, added: "I don't agree with the verdict of the Scottish court but we must accept it until they decide different."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1169602,00.html
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