![Freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi speaks to a doctor as he wears a medical and sits on a wheelchair during a meeting with an African delegation at a hospital in Tripoli on September 9, 2009. Megrahi, who was controversially granted early release on August 20 by Scottish authorities on compassionate grounds, received a 150-strong African delegation in a Libyan hospital, his first public appearance since his admission with terminal cancer, an AFP correspondent reported. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZZBYQ466TN3YRVBH5A33Z6OJI4.jpg?smart=true&auth=12e37212abfc5338a722fa2a3b9f98860a32382e0ce0f6dcc58d274afa67a8e1&width=400&height=225)
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds before his death in 2012. AFP
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds before his death in 2012. AFP
Lockerbie bomber's family to appeal conviction in UK's top court
Abdelbaset Al Megrahi's case was rejected by Scottish Appeal Court in January
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01 April, 2021