Judges to Announce Lockerbie Verdict
The judges in the trial of two Libyan men accused of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, will announce their verdict today, a spokeswoman said.
The three-judge panel will disclose its ruling when the court reconvenes at 11 a.m., court spokeswoman Bronwyn Vaughn said.
Defendants Abdel Basset Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah face life imprisonment if convicted of the murder of 270 people.
The New York-bound Boeing 747 exploded half an hour out of London’s Heathrow Airport on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. Under the deal to extradite the two, Camp Zeist, the site of the trial and a former U.S. base in the Netherlands, has been temporarily declared as Scottish territory.
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