A strange smell over Lockerbie murders

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk Claims of Lockerbie cover-up as only man convicted of bombing drops appeal Relatives of Lockerbie victims were denied their final chance of discovering the truth yesterday when the only man convicted of the atrocity abruptly dropped his appeal. The decision of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, who is expected to be freed from prison in Scotland next week allowing his return to Libya, sparked charges of a top-level cover-up. Politicians, relatives and experts accused the Scottish government of striking a deal with the convicted terrorist: that in return for his repatriation he would abandon an appeal that might have exposed a grave miscarriage of justice. “It’s pretty likely there was a deal,” said Oliver Miles, a former British Ambassador to Libya, who told The Times that the British and Scottish governments had been very anxious to avoid the appeal.

I am no legal expert but things about this case have never seemed answered to any degree of satisfaction.
Get away from the revulsion and gut reactions for once and enquire of the evidence. It does not stack up and ought to be placed before a body independent enough to review it dispassionately.
I make no judgments or other observations except that already mentioned.