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Chamber and committees

SCCRC Review into Megrahi Conviction

  • Submitted by: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Independent.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2014
  • Motion reference: S4M-09989

That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that a new application will be made to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) by 25 relatives of the Lockerbie bombing victims for a review of the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi; understands that the application will focus on new evidence found since the original conviction and the six grounds that the SCCRC itself identified in 2007 as possible miscarriages of justice; understands that the application, which has had the approval of the family of Mr Megrahi, was written by Professor Robert Black, and believes that, for many, the conviction of Mr Megrahi remains deeply unsound and that this new review will allow all the evidence to be heard.


Supported by: Christine Grahame, Patrick Harvie, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Jean Urquhart, Sandra White