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The Herald today runs an article by political editor Brian Currie under the headline Crown’s actions in Megrahi case face scrutiny. Is it too much to hope that the Crown will be fully held to account for its appalling failures … Continue reading →

Below is the original text of a long article that appeared yesterday on the Herald’s website a under the headline Lockerbie Revealed: other key findings from ‘secret’ report. It’s a fuller version of the one headed The other prime suspects … Continue reading →

The Herald has just published a further article by me about the shortcomings of the SCCRC report.   Report fails to address crucial evidence THE 821-page SCCRC report is impressively detailed and argued, but important areas of evidence remain untouched … Continue reading →

In response to an interview with me about the SCCRC report’s findings, the Crown Office issued a quite remarkable statement to BBC Radio Scotland’s Newsdrive programme. You can listen to the statement here for the next seven days (it appears … Continue reading →

The Herald has today published more articles about the SCCRC report, which can be read below. The first is by Lucy Adams and the second by me.   Lockerbie trial QC criticised The commission investigating whether there was a miscarriage … Continue reading →

The Herald has just published online this analysis piece by me, which expands upon the article published earlier today on the SCCRC’s six grounds of referral.   Its language is sober, often ponderous and sometimes legalistic, but its effect is … Continue reading →

The Herald has today published a series of articles, including a front page lead, which reveal the contents of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission’s report into Abdelbaset’s conviction. The articles can be read below. I produced the main analysis … Continue reading →

The Independent on Sunday today carries an article about the timer fragment evidence. Key evidence that could have acquitted Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi of the Lockerbie bombing was not given to his defence team, according to the author of a new … Continue reading →

The following article appears in the latest edition of Private Eye. David Cameron would have done better to read a detailed new book on the Lockerbie atrocity before dismissing it in a soundbite as an “insult” to the families of … Continue reading →

I’ve just accepted an invitation to speak at Glasgow’s Aye Write! literary festival on Wednesday 14 March at 6pm in the Mitchell Library theatre. It’s a very late addition to the programme, so doesn’t feature in any of the marketing … Continue reading →