[This is the
headline over a letter from Rev Dr John Cameron published in today’s edition of
The Herald. It reads as follows:]
"Some
of the material which is now disclosed goes to the very heart of material
aspects of this case, not just issues of credibility and reliability, but
beyond."
This was
the verdict of Richard Keen, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, on the recent
revelations of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission's Lockerbie
report.
His
bravura performance as Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah's defence counsel was the
highlight of the trial and it is still not clear why the Law Lords convicted
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi on such risible witness testimony.
It was,
however, disappointing that the commission ignored the "canteen
culture" of the forensic evidence and the notorious insecurity of
Heathrow's inter-line baggage area.
The
Scottish Government should initiate a full inquiry into the conduct of the
Crown Office and not hide behind Westminster as it did over the release of the
SCCRC report.
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