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US paid reward to Lockerbie witness, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi papers claim
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Two key figures in the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber were secretly given rewards of up to $3m (�1.9m) in a deal discussed by Scottish detectives and the US government, according to legal papers released today.
The claims about the payments were revealed in a dossier of evidence that was intended to be used in an appeal by Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of murdering 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988.
Megrahi abandoned his appeal last month after the Libyan and Scottish governments struck a deal to free him on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill with prostate cancer. Now in hospital in Tripoli, Megrahi said he wanted the public to see the evidence which he claims would have cleared him.
"I continue to protest my innocence � how could I fail to do so?," he said. "I have no desire to add to the upset of many people I know are profoundly affected by what happened in Lockerbie. My intention is only for the truth to be made known."
The documents published online by Megrahi's lawyers today show that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) was asked to pay $2m to Tony Gauci, the Maltese shopkeeper who gave crucial evidence at the trial suggesting that Megrahi had bought clothes later used in the suitcase that allegedly held the Lockerbie bomb.
The DoJ was also asked to pay a further $1m to his brother, Paul Gauci, who did not give evidence but played a major role in identifying the clothing and in "maintaining the resolve of his brother". The DoJ said their rewards could be increased and that the brothers were also eligible for the US witness protection programme, according to the documents.
The previously secret payments were uncovered by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), which returned Megrahi's conviction to the court of appeal in 2007 as a suspected miscarriage of justice. Many references were in private diaries kept by the detectives involved, Megrahi's lawyers said, but not their official notebooks.
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jodemas2
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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Lockerbie Lies
If anyone, including those lazy `journalists` think that Libya has anything at all to do with the Lockerbie bombing and terrorism, you had better view this. Only after you have viewed this, can you have any credibility to even mention the word `Lockerbie`
This article The trial of the "Lockerbie bomber" was worse than a travesty of justice: Evidence that never came to court proves his innocence is very refreshing. Up to today, I still see Libya being blamed for Lockerbie. Imagine being accused of murder, being proven not guilty and having your neighbors (who haven't followed the trial) still calling you a murderer. Most people never bothered with the details and recycled old propaganda. Very frustrating for the innocents!
View the video for an overview, to understand why Libya is not guilty of the Lockerbie PanAm 103 bombing: |
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