Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70

Years of sanctions imposed on Libya by the United Nations led to the two men being handed over to stand trial at a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands.In 2001, three judges convicted Megrahi of mass murder and jailed him for life, but found Fhimah not guilty.Megrahi died from cancer in 2012, after being freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government.Fhimah always denied any involvement and was welcomed home to Libya by the country's late dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.In 2022, the FBI revealed that he had been implicated in the case again, through an alleged confession made by another Libyan who is facing trial in the United States.Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is said to have told a Libyan police officer that he took part in a plot to bomb the plane along with Fhimah and Megrahi, when all three were members of the Libyan intelligence service.Al-Marimi has denied making the bomb that brought down the jumbo jet and claims the confession is false and was made under duress.