Tuesday 1 December 2009

Labour MSP criticised for not declaring he is brother of Lockerbie lawyer

[This is the headline over a report on the heraldscotland website. It reads in part:]

An MSP has been criticised for not declaring that he is related to the Lockerbie bomber's lawyer.

Labour's James Kelly is Tony Kelly's brother and sits on the Holyrood committee investigating the Scottish Government's handling of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi's release from jail.

He was among those on the committee to question Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill as the inquiry got under way today.

The Glasgow Rutherglen MSP joined the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee on November 10 and told the convener he had no declarations of interest.

Mr Kelly insisted today the SNP criticism was "frankly ludicrous" and that his relationship was "well known".

But SNP committee member Stewart Maxwell said: "In the interests of transparency I am surprised that Mr Kelly did not see fit to declare his personal relationship to Mr Megrahi's lawyer.

"In a case which has caused such controversy, for any cloud to hang over today's hearing is deeply unfortunate.

"There is so far no suggestion that anything Mr Kelly asked was inappropriate, but without this potential conflict on the record, members and the public are unable to judge." (...)

Mr Kelly said: "The fact that Tony Kelly is my brother is well known and has been for years. It has certainly been reported in national newspapers.

"The fact is, myself and my brother have differing views and the idea that there was any conflict of interest is frankly ridiculous."

[Just how ridiculous the conflict of interest claim is, can be seen from Mr James Kelly's voting record on 2 September 2009 on the motions and amendments following the Scottish Parliament debate on the release of Abdelbaset Megrahi. In each one of these votes Mr Kelly supported the Labour Party's criticism of Kenny MacAskill for repatriating his brother's client.]

2 comments:

  1. MISSION LOCKERBIE. The second part of the Lockerbie-study of MEBO, will be published soon. Here a part of the chronology no. 2.
    That is A computer translation of Babylon, German/English:

    The criminal manipulation of the police label (Lothian and Borders) was the foundation for the fraud with the MST-13 timer fragment (PT-35):

    Why the Scottish Justiciary wants obviously the criminal facts of U.K. Officials in the case of Lockerbie do not clear up and confirm, which Libya and Mr. Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi absolutely can relieve ?

    Proof free of doubts falsifications in a particularly heavy case, fabricated of U.K. Officials, was accepted by the Scottish court in Kamp van Zeist;

    The found fragments of the PanAm 103 Crash, around Lockerbie, were provided in each case approximately with a POLICE LABEL. The found material was marked (under article) with a MARKING (code) and signed with date, of two police official.

    Court Kamp van Zeist: Day 6, page 966:

    +++ On the 13th of January 1989, Witness number 257, Mr. Thomas Gilchrist recovered Label 168, which was known as PI-995, a fragment of grey Slalom shirt. +++ end

    MEBO uncovers as example, the following case:

    LABEL No.168; Article: a fragment of grey Slalom shirt, with the
    MARKING as PI-995; Date 13th of January 1989; signature from Thomas Gilchrist and unknown.

    Willful falsification:
    1. > The MARKING, PI-995, of a fragment of a grey Slalom shirt, was remodeled then abused, for a police LABEL as NUMBER, PI-995 !

    2.> Dr. Thomas Hayes and Allen Feraday (RARDE) needed some similar police Label, with date of January 13th, 1989, also for a criminal act against Libya ! Therefore the original police Label No. PT-95, was changed/falsified as follow:

    > This police Label no. PT-95, became Label no. PI-995;
    > The date, 13th of January 1989 (down left) remained existing and
    became supplemented with the date, 17th of January 1989;
    > The word "cloths", (charred), for the Article, became with the word "DEBRIS" (charred) overwritten!

    3.> To demonstrate the liabillity the Label was later additionally signed by 5 further officials: Dr. Thomas Hayes; Allen Feraday; Derek Henderson; Ron McManus and Cal Mentoso.
    MEBO Question: Did these people had to take the responsibility on themselves, if the criminal fraud would be noticed? And did each official have to secure himself face to face from the others? It is strange and not normal that the altered police Label no. PI-995 was signed by 7 officials...
    (Lord Advocate Fraser's order was that police Labels must by signed by 2 officials).

    4. > Dr. Hayes needed the manipulated police Label PI-995, for his mysterious eximination auxiliary side no. 51, from 12th of May 1989 !
    With this Label PI-995, expert Dr. Hayes marked only one plastic bag with contents.
    From contents inside the plastic bag, Ref. PP'8932, was registered various material, which was found allegedly in Lockerbie by the police:

    Among other things, a portion of the ? neckband of a grey? short, severely explosion damage localised penetrations and blackering. etc.;
    Under the marking PT-35, a) several fragments of black plastics;
    Under the marking PT-35, b) was an unknown "fragment of a green coloured circuit board", was registered and depictured on Ref. PP'8932, PI-995;
    Under the marking PT-35, c) small fragments of metal + wire.

    5. > On the original photo Ref, PP'8932, PI-995, the red encircled fragment shows not a green MST-13 circuit board fragment designated as PT-35, but a brown coloured fragment from a prototype.
    The first evidence photography together with photo no. 334, shows the fragment of the circuit board in the original condition, before forensic sawing into two parts. (part. no. 353= PT-35 (b); and part. no. 419= DP-31(a). )
    The fragment comes from a MEBO prototype timer MST-13 circuit board, brown coloured and has a in-scratched, well visible letter "M" on it.
    continuation down >>>

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  2. >>> continuation:

    6. > The fragment from photo Ref. PP'8932, PI-995 and photo no. 334, was -as can be proved-, (determined of visible technical characteristics) not green coloured, but brown ! The delivered MST-13 timer to Libya were equipped with green circuit boards.
    Thus the MST-13 fragment (PT-35) cannot be brought in connection with MST- 13 timers, supplied to Libya !

    7. > Dr. Hayes needed the altered label PI-995 in his falsified eximination report side no. 51, dated of May 12th 1989, to bring into the MST-13 fragment, as PT-35. The original side numbers, 51 to 55, were overwritten by Dr. Hayes with no. 52 to 56!
    To the memory:
    Allen Feraday had discovered the MST-13 Fragment for the first time on 12th of January 1990 and Dr. Hayes booked back the date to May 12th 1989 !!!

    8. > On following date, 17th January 1989; 12th May 1989 and 15th September 1989, existed still no fragment of a MST-13 timer neither still to photos with the illustration of the MST-13 timer fragment ! The fragment was seized for the first time, photographed at the beginning of January 1990, by expert Allen Feraday (RARDE) and registered as PT-35 !

    Referring to fax document from 12th of January 1990, Allen Feraday, the forensic examiner, hat sent to Scottish senior Investigating Chief Stuart Henderson (SIO), about a circuit board (PT-35) he found blasted into a Slalom shirt.
    Thus the fraud becomes evident over the MST-13 fragment (PT-35): All Examinations documents, like reports, label, memorandum etc., which the MST-13 fragment (PT-35) was published before 1990, are willful, manipulated or falsified among other things of Feraday and Dr. Thomas Hayes, (RARDE)!!

    This, by ex FBI task Force Chief, Richard Marquise, admits nascent fax, from January 1990, (an important piece of evidence) to the Defence team of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, at the court in Kamp van Zeist, was sup-pressed !!!
    Only by the SCCR' Commission was uncovered these faxes of Feraday, addressed to the Investigating Chief (SIO) Stuart Henderson!

    The complete study coming soon on our website: www.lockerbie.ch

    by Edwin and Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd., Switzerland

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