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.
Victims families warn against US trial for new Lockerbie bombing suspect
US Justice Department expected to announce charges on 32nd anniversary of bombing on Monday
17 December 2020 • 7:13pm
Policemen look at the wreckage of the 747 Pan Am airliner that exploded and crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland
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The suspect in the Lockerbie bombing set to face new US charges should stand trial not in America but in Scotland or the International Criminal Court, relatives of the terror attack’s victims have told The Telegraph.
Two family members of people who died in the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the deadliest terror attack in modern British history, expressed concern that the suspect could be executed if put on trial in America.