The Lockerbie Case: The continuing prisoner transfer dispute

Monday 4 February 2008

The continuing prisoner transfer dispute

The Scottish daily "heavies" have picked up the BBC's Saturday story of the continuing skirmish between the Scottish and UK Governments over the possibility of Megrahi's repatriation to Libya under the recently-concluded prisoner transfer agreement. See The Herald: "Jail term of Lockerbie bomber in Scottish hands"
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.2015453.0.Jail_term_of_Lockerbie_bomber_in_Scottish_hands.php
and
The Scotsman: "Row erupts over Lockerbie bomber"
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Row-erupts-over-Lockerbie-bomber.3739568.jp

The Sunday Post had already led with the story under the headline "Deal done to let bomber go home". See http://www.sundaypost.com/news1.htm.
And the Sunday Mail has the story under the headline "SNP fury over Lockerbie deal". See http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/02/03/snp-fury-over-lockerbie-deal-78057-20308398/

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