'Fresh evidence' over Lockerbie bombing heard in secret court in Malta

Lockerbie bombing: Dumfries and Galloway are investigating the terror attack.

Secret court hearings have taken place in Malta over "fresh evidence" in the Lockerbie bombing, according to reports in the country.

The Times of Malta said closed court hearings had taken place recently as Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary continue their investigation into the 1988 disaster that claimed the lives of 270.

According to a report in the newspaper, the secret court hearings "appears to be reviewing evidence connected to travel logistics" but no further information is available.

Earlier this year Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland met with FBI representatives in Libya about the bombing and he has also held talks with Libyan Prime Minister Abdurahim el-Keib about the investigation into the terror attack.

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the bombing in 2001 and was released on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill in 2009 before the 60-year-old died in May this year.

Campaigners who believe al-Megrahi who was innocent or did not act alone dispute the testimony of Maltese shopkeeper Tony Gauci. Al-Megrahi was convicted on the basis that the bomb left Malta, where he worked at the time, before being transferred onto Pan Am flight 103 in Frankfurt. The plane was blown up as it passed over the Dumfries and Galloway town on December 21, 1988.

During the 1999 trial at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, Mr Gauci identified al-Megrahi as making a purchase of clothing in Malta in December 1988, fragments of which were found in the wreckage of the flight.

IN DETAIL

In full: The Times of Malta report on the Lockerbie court hearings

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