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Pam Dix, whose brother Peter Dix was killed in the tragedy, told the Daily Telegraph: “I would rather see this prosecuted in British courts.
“I would feel more comfortable about the trial being in Britain partly because the whole process has been through the British justice system up until now.
“Mas’ud could face the death sentence in the US and on principle it isn’t right to execute criminals therefore it should not be in America.”
Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was murdered, said: “If the Americans have any evidence to bring a prosecution I would rather it was in the International Criminal Court.
Updated: Dec 17 2020, 20:39 ET
A SECOND new suspect in the Lockerbie bombing has been revealed as Colonel Gaddafi s spy chief brother-in-law, it s reported.
The move comes as US prosecutors are set to prepare to charge a top Libyan bomb-maker for his suspected role in the disaster - 32 years on.
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Abdullah al-Senussi, spy chief in Gaddafi s government, has been named as a suspect Credit: Reuters
Two men who were allegedly closely connected to Colonel Gaddafi s regime are suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing
Megrahi was the only person to be convicted of the attack
American authorities are set to request the extradition of former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Masud in connection with the attack, which killed 270 people.
A second new suspect in the Lockerbie bombing has been unearthed by US prosecutors as they prepare to charge the suspected bombmaker, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The American authorities are set to request the extradition of former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Masud in connection with the attack, which killed 270 people in 1988.
But the Mail can reveal that the Libyan government believe US investigators also have fresh evidence linking a second suspect to the atrocity.
The American authorities are set to request the extradition of former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Masud (back) in connection with the attack, which killed 270 people in 1988. Abdullah al-Senussi (front), the former intelligence chief and brother-in-law of toppled dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is being examined in the latest probe