Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
- Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fhimah being escorted to a court hearing in 1992ByScotland home affairs correspondentUpdated 2 hours agoA Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70.
- Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.
- He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing of the American airliner.
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- Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fhimah being escorted to a court hearing in 1992ByScotland home affairs correspondentUpdated 2 hours agoA Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70.
- Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.
- He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing of the American airliner.
Sources: BBC News