Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi: Times seeks explanation into the wrong aspect of the case
The Times reports "Still no explanation of the events surrounding al-Megrahi’s release".
My understanding is that an explanation has been given, and that it involved release on compassionate grounds because al-Megrahi is suffering from terminal cancer.
Ont the other hand, "in June 2007, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission issued an 800-page report, which has never been made public, claiming there had potentially been a miscarriage of justice on at least six counts. Prime among them were serious doubts over the identification of al-Megrahi by a Maltese shopkeeper, Tony Gauci, which had been central to the Crown’s case, and the discovery that Gauci had been paid $2 million by the US for his evidence — a fact not revealed at al-Megrahi’s original trial".
If any explanation is warranted, I would contend it should come from whoever made the decision to withhold this report from the public and the media. The public have paid for it to be written, the public should now be allowed to read the report for themselves. If for no other reason, it should be published just to shut up them damned Yanks!
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