Megrahi family to appeal to UK supreme court over Lockerbie conviction
by Severin Carrell from World news | The Guardian on (#5CW6X)
Scottish court of appeal rules Libyan was properly convicted of 1988 bombing of passenger plane
The family of the Libyan convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, are lodging an appeal to the UK supreme court after Scottish judges threw out a miscarriage of justice case.
The court of appeal in Edinburgh ruled on Friday that Megrahi was properly convicted of bombing Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 passengers, crew and townspeople.
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