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Nyet8/22/2011 9:31:06 am PDT

Here’s more on Megrahi, the detailed press release of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission which permitted the second appeal (prevented by the release):

sccrc.org.uk

However, in examining one of the grounds, the
Commission formed the view that there is no reasonable basis in the
trial court’s judgment for its conclusion that the purchase of the items
from Mary’s House, took place on 7 December 1988. Although it was
proved that the applicant was in Malta on several occasions in
December 1988, in terms of the evidence 7 December was the only
date on which he would have had the opportunity to purchase the
items. The finding as to the date of purchase was therefore important
to the trial court’s conclusion that the applicant was the purchaser.

[…]

New evidence not heard at the trial concerned the date on which the
Christmas lights were illuminated in the area of Sliema in which Mary’s
House is situated. In the Commission’s view, taken together with Mr
Gauci’s evidence at trial and the contents of his police statements, this
additional evidence indicates that the purchase of the items took place
prior to 6 December 1988. In other words, it indicates that the
purchase took place at a time when there was no evidence at trial that
the applicant was in Malta.

Additional evidence, not made available to the defence, which indicates
that four days prior to the identification parade at which Mr Gauci
picked out the applicant, he saw a photograph of the applicant in a
magazine article linking him to the bombing. In the Commission’s view
evidence of Mr Gauci’s exposure to this photograph in such close
proximity to the parade undermines the reliability of his identification of
the applicant at that time and at the trial itself.

Other evidence, not made available to the defence, which the
Commission believes may further undermine Mr Gauci’s identification
of the applicant as the purchaser and the trial court’s finding as to the
date of purchase.

So there it is - it was not proven beyond the reasonable doubt that Megrahi was the Lockerbie bombing.