THE family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing – is said to be “heartbroken” after Scottish judges dismissed his posthumous appeal against conviction. However, they have instructed their lawyer Aamer Anwar to pursue an appeal to the UK Supreme Court, and are demanding the release of secret evidence held by the UK Government, which they believe incriminates others. Five judges sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal had been asked to accept that no reasonable jury, properly directed, could have convicted Megrahi on the evidence led, particularly that of Maltese shopkeeper Tony Gauci. He said Megrahi had bought clothes from him that were planted in a suitcase containing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, killing 270 people.
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Al-Megrahi family devastated as Lockerbie appeal court judges uphold conviction
The family of the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi said they are heartbroken and plan to appeal to the UK Supreme Court
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Appeal judges rejected a bid by Megrahi s family to clear his name following his death in 2012
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The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has lost an appeal against his late father s conviction.
The bombing of Pan Am flight 103, travelling from London to New York on December 21 1988, killed 270 people in Britain s largest terrorist atrocity.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Megrahi was found guilty in 2001 of mass murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years - the only person convicted of the attack.
A third appeal against his conviction was heard in November at the High Court in Edinburgh, before a panel of five judges sitting as the Court of Appeal.
Judges have now rejected both grounds of appeal, meaning his conviction stands.