Al Megrahi born 1 April 1952 a former Libyan intelligence officer, head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, and director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya. He was convicted, on January 31, 2001, by Scottish Judges, of 270 counts of murder for his part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988. Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Government on August 20, 2009 following reports that he had terminal prostate cancer and had less than three months to live.
His co-accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah was found not guilty and was acquitted.
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