Lockerbie Bomber Released

[Jordy]

The Lockerbie bomber is to be released on compassionate grounds, the Scottish Government has announced.

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, was jailed in 2001 for the atrocity which claimed 270 lives in 1988.

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill revealed that the Libyan, who has terminal prostate cancer, would be allowed to return to his homeland.

The BBC understands he will be flown to Tripoli on a specially chartered plane due to leave Glasgow after 1400 BST.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/8197370.stm

Let's show compassion to a guy who served 8 years for killing 270 people :rolleyes:

[Adam!]

I'm not even going to say what I think but all I am saying is that the United Kingdom is a disgrace.

[DaveTaylor]

I'm not even going to say what I think but all I am saying is that the United Kingdom is a disgrace.

agreed ^.

[Jahova]

What a fool. Life sentence in 8 years, wow.

[myke]

prostate cancer doesn't kill :/

[lick]

prostate cancer doesn't kill :/

well its gunna kill him :/

[Jordy]

I'm not even going to say what I think but all I am saying is that the United Kingdom is a disgrace.

I don't like to be picky but I want to make clear it's the SCOTTISH government entirely who made this awful decision and not the UK Government. More reasons for me to hate the damned SNP, frankly I'd prefer it if Labour were in power in Scotland.

It's disgusting, he's served around a fortnight for each person he's killed. They've not even gone after the other people responsible for the bombing, they pretty much gave up once they convicted him.

[Fez]

I hate this country, it's ridiculous justice system, it's broken politics and it's intolerance for change.

My friend's aunt died in the Lockerbie bombings, and it's a disgrace that a killer can get 8 years in Prison for a life sentence, just because he caught the cancer doesn't mean he should get off scot free. It's a life sentence, not an 8 year sentence.

[jackass]

prostate cancer doesn't kill :/

Where did you get that from? :S

[myke]

d.w. i got confused... sorry lol, even though someone i know had it and he lived until he was 96, when he died he died from old age, not the cancer? :S idk