The family of the Lockerbie bomber have abandoned plans to sell their Scottish house.
Experts believe the five-bed, two-storey home in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, has plunged in value by £100,000.
The house has been empty for six months since Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, his wife and five children returned to Libya.
It was bought for £495,000 in 2002 but similar local homes have sold for less than £400,000.
The house owner is named on property records as Megrahi's wife, Aisha. (...)
Paisley-based surveyor Peter McEachran said: "Houses of the same size in the area are selling for around £395,000.
"It may be a while before it can be sold at a profit."
The family chose the house as it was only 30 minutes' drive from Barlinnie Prison, where Megrahi was first held.
[From a report in today's edition of The Sunday Mail.]
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