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Christine Grahame: Al-Megrahi is home. And he is innocent

by Babel-Fish | August 23, 2009 at 04:40 am

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I became involved with Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi quite by accident. Like many people I had been suffering from Lockerbie fatigue. For me, and for you, I suppose, life had moved on from that horrendous crime over 20 years ago and the imprisonment of the Libyan murderer. That was that.

At least it was, until I agreed, by chance, to sponsor the showing of a Dutch documentary about the Lockerbie bombing at Parliament. I invited all MSPs and researchers, and indeed the press corps, to see this film. One MSP and one member of the press came, and I really only saw it because I felt obliged to attend. But that film changed my perspective. From that casual moment, and from much that I have learned since, I am convinced not only that Megrahi was not found guilty "beyond reasonable doubt", the test in Scot's law, but that he is an innocent man.

I have believe that Al-Megrahi is more than likely to be innocent, his name came out of a hat at the time of great Libyan hatred. I tend to believe the author Christine Grahame as she had no real reason to write this story. I believe that pressure from United States was applied and there were no if nor buts, Libya was involved.

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Barbara McPherson

at 13:27 on August 23rd, 2009

Our CBC ran a documentary recently regarding the Lockerbie trial. Their people shed some doubt on his acting alone if he was in fact guilty. In any case, let's not forget that Libya was bombed previously,by the US and Gaddafi's three year old daughter was killed.