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Lockerbie bomber innocence claim condemned by Scotland's law chief

Scotland's Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini has fiercely criticised a move by Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Mohmed al-Megrahi to proclaim his innocence.

Hundreds of pages of documents relating to the abandoned appeal by recently-freed Megrahi have been published on a new website.

But Elish Angiolini said she "deplored" his attempt to challenge his conviction though "selective publication of his view of the evidence in the media" after he had abandoned his appeal.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)