Monthly Archives: March 2012

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 →

The following article has just appeared on the Guardian’s website, under the headline Libya may bar UK police from visiting to investigate Lockerbie bombing. The country’s interior minister Fawzi Abdel A’al should be applauded for highlighting the UK government’s hypocrisy … Continue reading →

The BBC has today run a story, by home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson, based on the SCCRC’s statement of reasons. I don’t intend, at this point, to comment upon those aspects of the story that concern Abdelbaset’s private life, other … Continue reading →

The Scottish Review of Books has published the first substantial review of the book. Written by the SRB’s editor, Alan Taylor, it appears under the headline Who was the Lockerbie bomber? and can be read here or below. There is … Continue reading →