The family of Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi demanded compensation for the period he spent in prison after new claims emerged that Iran may have been behind the 1988 downing of the US airplane in Lockerbie.
Megrahi was found guilty of the attack by a Scottish court in 2001 and handed a life sentence. A total of 259 people were killed in the attack, along with 11 others on the ground. He was released from jail in 2009 on compassionate grounds after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in 2012.
Lawyer Ghada Abdelbaset al-Megrahi demanded on behalf of her family compensation for each hour her father spent in British prisons.
Ahmad Hamza, of Libya’s National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), said Boyd’s book may have leaked facts and information that acquit Libya’s former regime and condemn Iran. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iranian regime adopts policies and practices that target the safety and stability of the West, United States and Arab countries.
He said that the Libyan authorities can seek compensation from the international judiciary for the damage caused to the country over the Lockerbie case.
The official authorities in Libya had yet to comment on Boyd’s allegations, but many political and judicial circles have been demanding that the truth be revealed in the case.
