The procedural hearing: a Libyan perspective

Here is the report on the outcome of the procedural hearing which appears on the website of the Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation:

“Scotland's top Judge called on the British government to provide him with two documents related to bombing of the Pan Am plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, which the government says are secret.

“The call came within the Scotland's appeal court to review the previous verdict against the political hostage, the Libyan national Abdel Basset Al-Maghrahi.

“Scotland's top judge Lord Hamilton and two appeal court judges in Edinburgh, said the lawyer representing the British government should produce for the court the documents in question within a week, subject to appropriate security measures.

“He said the judges would consider the documents, which Foreign Secretary David Milliband has declared secret.

“Advocate General, representing the British government in the hearing, conceded that under Scottish law, which is different from the British, the final decision on whether the documents were produced in open court lay with the court of appeal.

“An open session of the appeal court will be held on 17-18 June to review the new documents.”