THE TELEGRAPH: Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, has backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.
Megrahi, 57, said it was "unfair" to the victims' families not to have an inquiry into the bombing.
Speaking from a bed in his home in Tripoli, Libya, he told The Herald newspaper: "I support the issue of a public inquiry if it can be agreed.
"In my view, it is unfair to the victim's families that this has not been heard. It would help them to know the truth. The truth never dies. If the UK guaranteed it, I would be very supportive."
Dr Jim Swire, whose 23-year-old daughter Flora died in the disaster, has frequently called for a full public inquiry.
Megrahi added: "I would want to help Dr Swire and the others with the documents I hold.
"My feeling is that the UK Government will avoid a public inquiry because it would be a headache for them and the Americans and it would show how much the Americans have been involved and it would also cost them a lot of money which they may not want to spend because of the recession." >>> | Saturday, August 29, 2009
