The purported mastermind, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted in 2001 and received compassionate release in 2012 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ma’sud, 71, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison on charges of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death. Mas’ud and Megrahi travelled from Malta to Tripoli together on Dec. 21, 1988, the day of the Lockerbie air disaster. That then knocks a hole in the case against Megrahi,” he said by telephone from Brighton, England. “If you take away the Malta suitcase connection then there’s no case at all.

Source: Libya Today December 13, 2022 12:07 UTC