THE Scottish lawyer acting for the two Libyans accused of the
Lockerbie bombing was reported last night to have flown to Libya to meet
them.
Mr Alistair Duff, 39, an Edinburgh solicitor-advocate, was said to be
on his way to Tripoli accompanied by Lord Macaulay, the prominent
defence counsel who is a Labour spokesman on Scottish legal affairs.
Mr Duff and his wife were not at their home last night. A relative
looking after their children said that he had no knowledge of Mr Duff's
movements. A Foreign Office spokesman said he had no information on the
situation.
The two Scottish lawyers are expected to have their first meeting with
the two suspects, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al
Megrahi. They are accused of planting the bomb which destroyed the PanAm
airliner over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing all 259 people aboard
and 11 residents on the ground.
Libya faces tougher UN sanctions from October 1 for refusing to hand
over the two men, who are alleged to be intelligence agents.
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddifi has said that sanctions will never force
him to hand over the two men for trial -- but he has also said they
might be prepared to surrender voluntarily.
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