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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi - Source: ONE News -
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Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is still alive, his
Scottish lawyer said, dismissing a report that he had died.
"It's absolutely untrue," lawyer Tony Kelly said when asked if he
could confirm a Sky News report that his client had died. "He's
definitely not dead."
"I'm not saying anything about his health condition other than the
fact he is alive and breathing," Kelly said.
Scottish authorities released Megrahi, a Libyan agent convicted of
the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing in which 270 people were
killed, on compassionate grounds in August.
The decision to free Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate
cancer, and let him return home to Libya angered the US government
and relatives of the 189 Americans killed when Pan Am flight 103
exploded.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government denies pressing the
devolved Scottish government to free Megrahi to help improve
business ties with Libya, which has Africa's largest oil
reserves.
The British Foreign Office could not confirm the Sky report and
the Scottish government said it was checking.
No one could immediately be reached for comment at the Libyan Embassy.