Visuals Tripoli Destruction; George takes flowers to Megrahi
A former Scottish police detective, George Thomson has come to Libya to say his last farewell to a mass murderer.
The flowers and cake are for a man convicted of blowing up a jumbo jet over Scotland.
Internationally notorious, the Lockerbie bomber does not welcome visitors. BUT IN THE END THOMSON CHARMS HIS WAY PAST THE SECURITY GATE.
HE IS ABOUT TO FILM THE FIRST, LAST AND ONLY TV INTERVIEW MEGRAHI WILL EVER GIVE ABOUT HIS CASE, ABDEL BASSET MEGRHAI WHO IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF TERMINAL CANCER, CLAIMS NEW EVIDENCE WILL PROVE HIM INNOCENT AT LAST.
Interview Megrahi
”That information is from an expert dealing with criminal cases… It will clear my name”
Interview George Thomson (nb 2nd cam Tape #103 17:03)
”He’s very sick. Anybody who tried to say that he is not dying just needs to go in and see the man. I would say he is on his deathbed now. I was shocked when I saw him, quite upset. But, after a wee while, he came round and he told me certain things. He showed me certain things, which he has given me permission to reveal.
Megrahi
Whatever helps the truth
George
And I can reveal --- they have some devastating evidence”.
NARRATOR
AL-MEGRAHI’S NEW EVIDENCE INVOLVES THIS TINY FRAGMENT OF CIRCUIT BOARD. BRITISH GOVERNMENT FORENSIC SCIENTISTS TESTIFIED THAT IT WAS PART OF THE BOMB’S TIMING DEVICE AND THAT IT LINKS AL-MEGRAHI AND THE STATE OF LIBYA TO THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING. NOW NEW SCIENTIFIC TESTS PROVE THIS IS FALSE. AND THAT BRITISH GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS KNEW THIS ALL ALONG.
Establish John
Visuals John Ashton in cemetery
IN THE LOCKERBIE TOWN CEMETERY THERE IS A MEMORIAL TO THE HUMAN COST OF WHAT HAPPENED ON A WINTER’S NIGHT IN 1988.
WHEN PAN AM FLIGHT 103 WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY A TERRORIST BOMB, 270 INNOCENT PEOPLE, PASSENGERS, AIR CREW AND PEOPLE ON THE GROUND HAD THEIR LIVES TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
JOHN ASHTON HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THE LOCKERBIE CASE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS.
John Ashton
The Lockerbie disaster was Europe’s worst terrorist attack. More American civilians died in that attack than in any other terrorist event before nine-eleven. It’s also Britain’s worst miscarriage of justice, the wrong man was convicted, and the real killers are still out there. 16:13:01
JOHN
16:14:39 Megrahi should never have been convicted. And we now have the documents, twenty years on from when he was first charged, that show this to be the case. Had these documents been exposed at his trial, it’s very very likely that he would not have been convicted.
Visuals Glasgow GV,(108-1) SCCRC HQ Reel 8)
FIVE YEARS AGO THE SCOTTISH CRIMINAL CASES REVUE COMMISSION, WHICH IS BASED IN GLASGOW, PRODUCED A STILL UNPUBLISHED REPORT WHICH FOUND SIX GROUNDS FOR SAYING THERE WAS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.
The SCCRC’s chief executive is Gerard Sinclair
01:00:08 SINCLAIR
V ---the SCCRC is a quasi ? public body which was set up in Scotland in nineteen ninety-nine for the purposes of investigating allegations of miscarriage of justice. It’s an independent body which is separate both from the government and from the courts ----
Visuals John Ashton in Law Office SCCRCReel 10
AFTER WORKING AS AN INVESTIGATOR FOR AL-MEGRAHI’S LEGAL TEAM, JOHN ASHTON WENT ON TO WRITE HIS BIOGRAPHY. THANKS TO AL-MEGRAHI ASHTON GAINED RARE ACCESS TO THE REPORT BY THE SCOTTISH CRIMINAL CASE REVIEW COMMISSION.
Interview John Ashton in 231 SCCRC Reel 16
That report has never been made public. It contains the evidence that should have overturned his conviction. 16:15:19
Visuals Edinburgh Sunset
IN EDINBURGH, THE CHAIR OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT’S JUSTICE COMMITTEE, CHRISTINE GRAHAME, IS PUSHING TO GET THE REPORT PUBLISHED.
Interview Christine Grahame
That is the report that said there could very well have been a miscarriage of justice, with regard to Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, now that report has never seen the light of day, s
So, perhaps if we could see that, not just my committee, but the public at large internationally, then we could begin to understand that really happened that night at Lockerbie.
Visuals Gerard Sinclair SCCRC Reel 10
01:06:35 QUESTION
Limited circulation this document, can I read it.
01:06:45 SINCLAIR
Simple answer is no not at the moment.
And in fact it’s a criminal offence under the criminal procedure of Scotland act nineteen ninety-five for any member of the commission to publish or release information contained within a document.
Visuals Maggie Crosses Royal Mile
THE REPORT WAS ONLY EVER GIVEN TO A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
ONE OF THEM, MAGGIE SCOTT QC(?), WAS THE BARRISTER LEADING THE DEFENCE TEAM.
Interviews Maggie Scott Reel 9
00:39:05 Have you seen the SCCRC report
Yes
Could you show it to us?
No
Could you explain why?
00:39:14 SCOTT
I have no instructions in respect of releasing that report, so I’m not in a position to do so
Visual Scottish Parliament
Even Scotland’s Minister of Justice is not allowed toread the report
Interview Kenny MacAskill SCCRC Cam B Reel 110
00:01:32 QUESTION
Could you make a copy of the SCCRC report available to us.
00:01:37 MACASKILL
Well I can’t make, I haven’t seen the copy and I don’t have it, it’s with SCCRC.
Establish George
Visuals: George Thomson at Greenock Prison .
07:45 FROM HIS PRISON IN SCOTLAND, AL-MEGRAHI ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE AND LAUNCHED TWO APPEALS.
07:54 GEORGE THOMSON WAS HIRED BY AL-MEGRAHI’S LEGAL TEAM TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE. FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS HE VISITED AL-MEGRAHI IN JAIL ALMOST DAILY. AND THEY BECAME CLOSE.
Visuals George Thomson in Car
When I first met Baset --- He had just been given quite a big sentence as you know, and he seemed to have lost heart, very quiet, at the start very dismissive of anything that we were trying to do. But as he got into the actual evidence, and we were able to show him that we could make some progress, his mood changed ---
--- I can't possibly sit here and say that Baset Al-Megrahi is not guilty. I don’t know that --- But what I can say is after a very careful examination of the evidence which convicted him there's massive holes in it, there's something far wrong with it. And I think had the appeal been allowed to go ahead all that kind of evidence would have come out and I think he would have gone home anyway on appeal.
NARRATOR
WITH THE HELP OF THESE TWO PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS, (NAME THEM?) THIS PROGRAMME WILL EXAMINE THE SECRET CONTENTS OF THE SCCRC REPORT. IT WILL ALSO REVEAL THE FRESH SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WHICH IS UNKNOWN TO THE COMMISSION BUT WHICH DEMOLISHES THE CASE AGAINST THE MAN KNOWN AS THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER.
Winter Solstice
Archive: Jet takes off. Fire & ambulances at Lockerbie
DECEMBER 21ST 1988. THE NIGHT OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE. THE LONGEST NIGHT IN THE YEAR.
AT 6:30 PM PAN AM FLIGHT 103 TOOK OFF FROM LONDON HEATHROW. NEXT STOP JFK NEW YORK.
IN THE CARGO HOLD WAS A BROWN SAMSONITE SUITCASE, PACKED WITH NEW CLOTHES AND A TOSHIBA RADIO CASSETTE PLAYER. HIDDEN IN THE TOSHIBA WERE MORE THAN 450 GRAMMES OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE AND A DETONATOR.
AT THREE MINUTES PAST SEVEN, 31,000 FEET OVER SCOTLAND THE BOMB EXPLODED.
46 AND A HALF SECONDS LATER, 200,000 POUNDS OF KEROSENE IGNITED AS THE WINGS AND PART OF THE FUSELAGE CRASHED ONTO LOCKERBIE.
Morning After
Archive day after new footage of aftermath
ON THE MORNING AFTER THE CRASH HUMAN REMAINS AND PLANE WRECKAGE LAY SCATTERED OVER 750 SQUARE MILES. AND EVERY SHARD OF METAL, EVERY SCRAP OF FLESH OR BONE WAS NOW A CLUE IN A MURDER ENQUIRY.
FOR MONTHS, SCOTTISH POLICE CONDUCTED PAINSTAKING FINGER TIP SEARCHES FOR EVIDENCE. THE BREAKTHROUGH CAME WHEN THEY FOUND FRAGMENTS OF CLOTHING THAT HAD BEEN IN THE SUITCASE WITH THE BOMB. THE LABELS READ “MADE IN MALTA”.
Maltese Connection
*Visuals: Valetta Harbour – Cranes etc.
STRADDLING THE TRADE ROUTE BETWEEN ITALY AND LIBYA, THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF MALTA HAS, FOR FIVE THOUSAND YEARS, BEEN A CROSSROAD FOR RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.
Visuals Factory Ext & Clothes racks + Order Book
THE MALTA CONNECTION TOOK POLICE TO THIS CLOTHES FACTORY.
ITS CUT AND ORDER BOOKS SHOWED THAT ON NOVEMBER (???) 1988, GARMENTS, LATER RECOVERED FROM THE CRASH SITE, HAD BEEN SUPPLIED TO A SMALL CLOTHES SHOP IN SLIEMA, MALTA’S FASHIONABLE SHOPPING AREA.
THE SHOP’S OWNER WAS A CERTAIN TONY GAUCI.
Visuals George Drives Past Mary’s House
“We're now coming down into the Sliema area where Gauci's shop is ----
NARRATOR
THE LOCKERBIE INVESTIGATION HAS BROUGHT GEORGE THOMSON TO MALTA MANY TIMES.
George Thomson
Just up here on the left-hand side is the actual shop.
NARRATOR
THE MAN WHO OWNS MARY’S HOUSE WAS A CERTAIN TONY GAUCI..
George Thomson
In fact it's closed. It's the one that says: Mary's House
NARRATOR
GAUCI WOULD BECOME A KEY WITNESS.
The Man who bought the clothes
Visuals Police Statement
ALMOST NINE MONTHS AFTER THE LOCKERBIE ATROCITY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST 1989 POLICE VISITED MARY’S HOUSE TO TAKE THEIR FIRST STATEMENT FROM TONY GAUCI.
Actor VO Gauci’s Statement – Mary’s House – POV Clothes Shop
“It was around 6.30pm, just before closing time --- a man had entered the shop and he started to look at various garments” …
“The man’s behaviour was strange, that’s why I can now remember”…
“He asked for a gent’s jacket and when I asked him for his size he just said “it’s not for me”…
“On picking out the trousers I asked him what size and he said “more or less my size”.
“It was as if anything I suggested he buy he would take it”. “I even showed him a black coloured umbrella and he bought it” … He then walked out the shop with the umbrella, which he opened up as it was raining”.
Visuals Re-Cap POV Shots in Mary’s Shop
THE POLICE THEN ASKED GAUCI TO DESCRIBE THE MAN, WHO HAD BOUGHT THE CLOTHES.
Visuals: George I/V including Actor’s VO Pg. 69/3
In the first statement he describes him as being 6 foot or more in height. Gauci went on to say that he had a big chest and a large head.
“His hair was very back, he was speaking Libyan to me.
He was from Libya”.
Visuals: Police HQ & Statement + Gauci VO P. 69/9
“His hair was very back, he was speaking Libyan to me.
He was from Libya”.
Nothing Like Him
Visuals Gauci slo-mo Gauci walks up steps
FILMED COVERTLY IN 2011, TONY GAUCI IS FAMOUSLY CAMERA SHY.
BACK IN 1989 HE WENT TO A POLICE STATION TO HELP WITH A PHOTOFIT OF THE SUSPECT. GAUCI ADDED NEW DETAILS TO HIS DESCRIPTION. HE SAID THE MAN WAS “ABOUT SIZE SIXTEEN AND HALF OR SEVENTEEN INCH COLLAR” AND “ABOUT 50 YEARS OF AGE”
Interview: George Master Interview Tape #9 P68/9
“I think the easiest thing to do is to show you the result of the artist's impression.”
It's meant to be Mr. Al-Megrahi, yeah.
Interviewer
And what are the differences?
Thomson
One simple difference – it looks nothing like him!
NARRATOR
THE BROAD-SHOULDERED, SIX FOOT TALL DARK SKINNED 57-YEAR PLD MAN BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE 5’7” LIGHT SKINNED 37-YEAR-OLD MEGRAHI.
AS WE WILL SEE, GAUCI’S IDENTIFICATION OF AL-MEGRAHI, WAS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT AS FAR AS THE POLICE WERE CONCERNED THEY NOW HAD THEIR SUSPECT.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT AL-MEGRAHI WAS NO STRANGER TO MALTA.
AS A FORMER HEAD OF SECURITY FOR LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES HE HAD BEEN A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE ISLAND.
IN FACT THIS HOTEL REGISTRATION CARD SHOWS THAT HE FLEW INTO MALTA ON DECEMBER 7TH 1988 AND STAYED FOR ONE DAY (??).
SO DECEMBER 7TH WAS THE ONLY DAY ON WHICH AL-MEGRAHI COULD HAVE BOUGHT CLOTHES FROM TONY GAUCI’S SHOP.
Under My Umbrella
Visuals John in Lockerbie Map Shop
JOHN ASHTON IS ON HIS WAY TO LOCKERBIE TO FOLLOW UP PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE SCCRC REPORT.
IT IS EVIDENCE THAT THROWS THE CRUCIAL DECEMBER 7TH DATE INTO QUESTION.
John Ashton.
12:15:12 I need to find Sufficient Hill ---- Sufficient Hill, Wonderful names.
Visuals John in Lockerbie Map Shop
ASHTON NEEDS A MAP OF THE AREA, BECAUSE THERE WAS CRUCIAL CLUE IN WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER THE SCOTTISH COUNTRYSIDE IN DECEMBER 1988.
John Ashton
Just have this one please.
Thanks
Sufficient Hill
Visuals John driving through hills Reel 12 & GoPro?
THE LOCKERBIE CRIME SCENE WAS HUGE. DEBRIS FROM THE CRASH FELL OVER A VAST AREA, ACROSS SCOTLAND AND INTO NORTHERN ENGLAND.
12:23:34 JOHN
As the plane disintegrated, it fell, a lot of it, the material that was inside the plane, the personal possessions of those on board, fell in two broad strips that went away from the east from Lockerbie. One to the north, one to the south.
So the police searches were concentrated in these areas, and that’s where they found most of the important debris and the debris in particular that linked back to Malta and to Tony Gauci’s shop.
NARRATOR
IN THE FREEZING COLD OF DECEMBER 1988 AND FOR MONTHS INTO 1989, COME RAIN COME SHINE, SCORES OF POLICEMEN, POLICE WOMEN AND VOLUNTEERS WERE DOING EXHAUSING FINGER TIP SEARCHES ON THESE BLEAK HILLS.
Visuals John walks to cattle grid to look at Sufficient Hill Reel 12 &
Just over there about a mile over there, just to the right of the summit, is a low area called Sufficient Hill. On Sufficient Hill on Christmas Eve, nineteen eighty-eight, the police found a bomb damaged umbrella. Now that umbrella was linked back to Malta and to Gauci’s shop. It was of a type that was sold in Gauci’s shop. Now this is absolutely critical because Gauci said, one of the very few consistent elements of Gauci’s account, was that as the customer who bought the clothes left the shop it started to rain, and the customer bought an umbrella.
Gauci Quotes
He picked up the umbrella and he said he would come back shortly. He then walked out of the shop with the umbrella which opened up as it was raining.
The Maltese Meteorologist
Visuals George driving through Sliema SCCRC Reel 5.12 & GoPro?
I want to try and trace a Major Mifsud. He was a meteorologist at the time of the Pan Am plane went down.
The commission has raised some concerns as to whether or not it was actually raining on the day of the purchase of clothing from Tony Gauci's shop. Gauci claims it was and that is why he sold him an umbrella.
We are going to speak to this man. He was the man in charge and he may be able to tell us whether it was raining or not.
Visuals George finds Major Mifsud SCCRC Reel 6
George:
Found him. Flat three.
Pushes Bell
Visuals George I/V Major Mifsud SCCRC Reel 6
EVEN THOUGH HE’S LONG RETIRED MAJOR MIFUD, STILL KEEPS ALL HIS OLD METEROLOGICAL DATA FROM TWENTY FOUR YEARS AGO.
George:
How certain can you be about rainfall on Malta say between 5PM and 7 PM on the night of 7 December 1988?
Major:
Between 5 PM and 7 PM well the records that I have here on the seventh December no rain fell at Luqa.
George: And how far away from Luqa is Sliema?
Major: About roughly about 5 km --as the crow flies.
George: And if you asked now to sum up about the rainfall on the 7th Dec 1988 what could you say?
Major: At that particular time in the evening on the seventh I am 100% certain that of the records that I have. Sliema being only about for 5 km away from Luqa I would actually again say that the percentage would be of no rain very high, say about 90%. Even as regards the cloud pattern at that time. I mean clouds, there was a lot of cirrus high clouds which normally it doesn't rain from that cloud
So the probability, let's say that. At that particular time of rain at Sliema is very low, let’s say that.
Visuals
SO IF IT DIDN’T RAIN ON DEC 7TH THAT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN THE DAY THE CLOTHES WERE BOUGHT. THE DATE IS CRUCIAL: BEFORE DECEMBER 7TH MEGRAHI WASN’T EVEN IN MALTA SO HE COULDN’T HAVE BOUGHT THE CLOTHES.
Precognition
Visuals Tony Kelly at work
THE SCCRC REPORT CONTAINS MORE EVIDENCE THAT UNDERMINES THE CROWN CASE THAT GAUCI SOLD THE CLOTHES ON DECEMBER 7TH.
Visuals 16-6 image establishes Precognition; both Crown & Defence precognition statements
THIS STATEMENT WAS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO PASS TO THE DEFENCE.
15:13:03 JOHN
Now, in this statement, he said that he thought the date, upon which the purchase took place, was November the twenty-ninth. Now, he could remember why, it was because he’d had a row with his girlfriend that day ---
---- So this information, about the row with the girlfriend was hugely significant, because ---
----It destroys the case against Mr Megrahi because the only date upon which he could have bought the clothes, was December the seventh.
Christmas Lights
Visuals 16-6 image establishes Christmas Lights
THE SCCRC REPORT FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO FIX THE EXACT DATE ON WHICH THE CLOTHES WERE SOLD IN GAUCI’S SHOP.
AND THAT DEPENDED ON THE DAY WHEN THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON IN SLIEMA.
Visuals Gauci Statements S4677A, S4677Q
At Christmas time we put up the decorations about 15 days befire Christmas. The decorations were not up when the man bought the clothing. There were no Christmas decorations up as I have already said.
Visuals Christmas Lights
FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS THE SCOTTISH POLICE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THE DATE ON WHICH THE LIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON.
BUT SCCRC INVESTIGATORS AND NOW GEORGE THOMSON HAVE FOUND A NEW WITNESS.
Visuals George & Dr. Refalo walk along Sliema waterfront
These are the Christmas Lights. It’s practically 5:30 now the same time I remember turning them on 23 years ago.
Visuals Refalo walking with George Thomson
23 YEARS AGO DR. MICHAEL(?) REFALO WAS DOWN HERE ON THE SEAFRONT NEAR THE FERRY TERMINAL. HE WAS THEN THE LOCAL MP AND MALTA’S MINISTER FOR TOURISM.
George:
When did you switch these lights on?
Dr Rafelo:
Well my diary tells me that I switched them on 6 December 1988 practically to the hour.
George:
If I were to tell you that the Crown case the prosecution case that they were purchased if on 7 December you could say that by that time you had already performed the ceremony?
Dr Rafelo:
Yes the lights were turned on six December. I have no doubt in my mind.
This is my diary. It’s Tuesday, December 6. And down here, in pencil, 5:30, Christmas lights, ferries.
Interview Gerard Sinclair
01:09:41 The commission in it’s own investigation came to the view that the Christmas lights were up by the sixth of December, and as a consequence the purchase date was likely to have been prior to the sixth of December.
VISUALS KELLY IN LAW OFFICE
TONY KELLY WAS AL-MEGRAHI’S SOLICITOR FOR FIVE YEARS. FOR HIM THE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE UMBRELLA, GAUCI’S ROW WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT WEREN’T TURNED ON ALL ADD UP TO ONE THING.
Visuals I/V Tony Kelly
00:10:17 The seventh of December as the choice of the date of purchase is crucial, it’s really crucial to the whole case I think, and as soon as you remove that, or you place doubt upon that being the date of purchase, you basically remove really the whole underpinning of the crown case against Mr Megrahi.
Secret Cables
VISUALS SCCRC EXTERIORS
IN ITS REPORT THE SCCRC CONCLUDES THAT THE JUDICIAL PROCESS WAS UNFAIR TO AL-MEGRAHI.
SCCRC FOUND THAT AL-MEGRAHI’S ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME WERE MADE HARDER BY THE FACT THAT KEY EVIDENCE WAS WITHHELD BY THE PROSECUTION.
01:04:44 Sinclair
yes, there was other additional evidence which fell in also to the category of non disclosure.
Visuals Megrahi I/V R Reel 102 15:00
They gave us papers, copies of papers, most of them black and white, back and white, black and white. How can you go ahead with black and white?
Interview John Ashton Reel 16
When Megrahi talks about black and white, black and white, this is what he means. We got disclosure of some documents but, huge swathes of it are redacted. We don’t know what lies under these black sections. Could be important information. We never got full disclosure.
Visuals 16-6 image establishes ‘Undisclosed Protectively Marked Documents (16:45:31:00)
§ THERE WERE ALSO SECRET BRITISH INTELLIGENCE CABLES THAT WERE WITHHELD FROM THE DEFENCE. .
Interview John Ashton
15:14:57 The Scottish Criminal Cases Revue Commission came across two classified documents that had been provided to our (SEE ABOVE) intelligence service by a foreign intelligence service. They said that the failure to disclose those documents also potentially created a miscarriage of justice. Unfortunately, they were not allowed to reveal the contents of those documents.
00:32:28 Maggie Scott
The other very important area of undisclosed information was information that the Scottish Criminal Case Revue Commission had discovered, from government files, which were considered to be secret, and they referred the case back, on the ground in part that this information was such, they’d seen it, was such that in itself, may have caused a miscarriage of justice. But in the Commission report, they were unable to disclose what that information was.
Visuals Megrahi I/V R Reel 102 15:00
Once Mr Tony Kelly my solicitor asked me, can you make any comment about that? I told him, Tony; it’s black and white.
Visuals Maggie Scott Working in Conference Room
FOR HIS LEGAL TEAM NOTHING IS MORE DISTURBING THAN THE PROCESS THAT LED TONY GAUCI TO IDENTIFY AL-MEGRAHI AS THE MAN WHO VISITED HIS SHOP.
Interview Maggie Scott QC
00:07:43 --- there were a lot of question marks over the quality of that evidence. And, one of the concerns was that there were three identification procedures, all of which had problems attached to them, in particular at the identification parade when Mr Gauci attended that and identified the appellant as resembling the purchaser.
WHERE DOES THE PART BREAK COME???
INSERT SECTION ABOUT IDENTIFICATION FROM PREVIOUS FILM, STARTING AT 36:05 ok
Visuals: McKie Crosses Bridge + Police Photo
36:05 IAIN MCKIE HAS LONG EXPERIENCE OF SCOTTISH POLICE PROCEDURES. HE SERVED FOR 30 YEARS IN THE FORCE, RISING TO THE RANK OF SUPERINTENDENT.
VO + Sync Iain McKie Silhouette Crossing Bridge
I could not tell you how worried I am about the identification evidence in the Lockerbie case. It's central to the success of the prosecution, and it's totally flawed from beginning to end.
Gauci I.D. of Al-Megrahi
Visual Photofit of Mary House shopper
THE SCCRC REPORT IS ALSO EXTREMELY UNEASY ABOUT THE IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE.
Visuals Re-Cap POV Shots in Mary’s Shop
36:32 THE EVIDENCE THAT CONVICTED AL-MEGRAHI GOES BACK TO MARY’S HOUSE AND TONY GAUCI’S DESCRIPTION OF THE MYSTERIOUS LIBYAN WHO CAME SHOPPING ONE EVENING.
Visuals Artists Impression/Photofit
38:03 GAUCI SAID HE WAS BROAD SHOULDERED, SIX FEET TALL, DARK SKINNED AND 50 YEAR OLD MAN. BUT THIS BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE 5FT 7 INCH, LIGHT SKINNED, 37 YEAR OLD AL-MEGRAHI.
Visuals: Series of Faces Flick Across Screen
38:17 IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS GAUCI WAS ASKED TO VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECTS A NUMBER OF TIMES.
Interview Iain McKie
Going back to witnesses time and time again should not be allowed and the court should not allow, the prosecution should not allow it, because what happens is that pressure is put on them, pressure to if you like solve a crime, pressure to identify someone --- and eventually I think most witnesses would crumble under that.
Visuals: Photo Array --
38:44 IT WAS NOT UNTIL 15 MONTHS AFTER HIS FIRST POLICE STATEMENT, WHEN GAUCI WAS SHOWN THIS “PHOTO ARRAY”, THAT HE FINALLY MADE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. BUT THE PROCEDURE [FOLLOWED BY DETECTIVES BELL AND CRAWFORD HAS BEEN CRITICIZED.
Visuals: George Master Interview Tape #9 P75/9
…what is alleged to have happened is that Gauci had said they all look younger, and you see his statement here. This would appear to be where it comes in.
Actors Voice Gauci Testimony + Mug Shots
“---the first impression I had was that all of the photographs were of men younger than the man who bought the clothing. I told Mr. Bell this. I was asked to look at all the photographs carefully and try to allow for any age difference.”
Interview Thomson
What was said to him was: Consider if they were maybe 15 years older. How would they look? Now, that’s a clear breach of identification procedure.”
Iffy IDs
Visuals Zeist (to be shot); Focus Magazine
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS TOOK PLACE IN THE HEAVILY GUARDED CAMP ZEIST IN HOLLAND.
HERE AN ENTIRE COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT FOR THE TRIAL OF THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER.
TODAY IT STANDS EMPTY AND ABANDONNED.
ON APRIL 5TH 1999 POLICE ORGANISED AN IDENTITY PARADE.
THIS PROGRAMME HAS OBTAINED UNIQUE POLICE VIDEO OF THE EVENT.
A NUMBER OF MIDDLE EASTERN MEN MORE OR LESS MEGRAHI’S HEIGHT AND BUILD WERE CALLED IN. ALL WORE THE SAME TRACK SUITS.
SCOTTISH POLICE DETECTIVES WERE THERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN.
FINALLY MEGRAHI WAS BROUGHT IN. HE WAS ALLOWED TO CHOOSE HIS PLACE IN THE LINE.
AT LAST EVERYONE WAS READY.
AND THEN TONY GAUCI IDENTIFIED MEGRAHI.
BUT THE PROCESS WAS SERIOUSLY TAINTED.
Interview Sinclair
01:04:44 The commission discovered that ---Mr Gauci had ---- seen an article in a magazine which had contained a photograph of Mr Megrahi and the article related to the bombing, and that was additional evidence firstly which the commission discovered that was also evidence which had not been disclosed to the defence at the time of the trial.
00:07:43 Maggie Scott
It was discovered by the commission that very shortly before that, he had handed over article he’d cut out of the newspaper, call The Focus magazine, which had a picture of the appellant with the words bomber written underneath it
Interview John Ashton
15:21:04 ---- he had a copy of this magazine, called Focus, which had a small photograph of Mr Megrahi in it, under the caption, who planted the bomb?
Maggie Scott
00:08:41 Now what was really important about that was, this was not disclosed to the defence, and the defence had no idea that when he went to the parade, he had this picture with bomber written underneath it. So the commission considered that the failure to disclose that evidence may have caused a miscarriage of justice.
Free at Last
Visuals Megrahi on steps to plane etc
AFTER 8 YEARS IN SCOTTISH PRISONS, TRYING TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE, BASET AL-MEGRAHI WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER.
GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LIVE, HE WAS RELEASED ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS AND WENT HOME TO DIE IN LIBYA.
BUT IN RETURN HE HAD TO DROP HIS APPEAL. THOSE PRESENT SAY THERE WERE TEARS IN HIS EYES, WHEN HE HAD TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME.
00:00:34 Tony Kelly
I think whenever he abandoned his appeal he did so with a heavy heart. I think it’s a matter of great of great regret for him, and I don’t think he can in any way be perceived as even a tacit admission of guilt.
Visuals Megrahi on Bed
ON HIS DEATHBED IN TRIPOLI, MEGRAHI’S REACTION TO THE SCCRC REPORT WAS MIXED:
Interview Megrahi I/V
13:25 The Commission, in some ways, did a very good job. But, some areas, they ignored some areas. In some areas they were supposed to go and make more investigation. They have to explore every area. But they ignored areas – I don’t know why. I don’t know why –it’s very strange ….
Interview John Ashton
15:51:21 The SCCRC report is a real mixed bag. The work that they did on Tony Gauci was excellent and devastating. However there were huge areas that were left untouched.
Lockerbie Hills
Visuals John Driving, C/A’s travelling shots (12-12, 12-13), up & pasts (12-11), items of debris including shirt
12:20:07 We’re about ten miles to the east of Lockerbie, heading further east.
This whole area,
from Lockerbie and for many many miles east,
was peppered with debris after the crash. And in among that, the police found
over the months, a number of fragments of clothing, which were linked backed to Malta, and some of them specifically to Tony Gauci’s shop. And among those was
a piece of shirt, and some while later, within that shirt, forensic expert picked out a very small fragment of circuit board. That became the single most important piece of evidence in the case, that was the golden thread that tied in Libya and some would say also tied in Megrahi.
Visuals Ashton parks in lay-by. Starts leafing through photo folder
THE GREY SHIRT FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE WAS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
THE BOMB’S BLAST HAD TORN IT INTO FOUR SHREDS AND LEFT A FRAGMENT OF CIRCUIT BOARD EMBEDDED IN ITS COLLAR.
Visuals John walks up to gate (12-18) looks up from map
12:21:29 I’m now heading over to Newcastleton Forest, very dense area of forest, close to the English border, where this piece of shirt was found, to try and find the precise location, which I’ve never been to before.
Visuals Shot of forest and we see the precise location.
THE SHIRT AND THE FRAGMENT OF CIRCUIT BOARD, WHICH WERE FOUND ON THE EDGE OF THIS FOREST HAD INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.
VISUALS MEBO TIMERS, CIRCUIT BOARDS ETC
ACCORDING TO CIA AND FBI EXPERTS, THE FRAGMENT WAS A PERFECT MATCH FOR THESE CIRCUIT BOARDS.
AND THESE CIRCUIT BOARDS WERE USED BY A SMALL SWISS COMPANY CALLED MEBO TO MAKE TIMERS LIKE THIS. TIMERS HAVE MANY USES, BUT THEY CAN BE USED TO DETONATE BOMBS.
ACCORDING TO THE CIA, MEBO SUPPLIED 20 OF THESE SPECIALLY-MADE TIMERS TO LIBYA’S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.
LIBYA’S LEADER, THE LATE COLONEL GADDAFI WAS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST OF EVERY KIND.
AND ABDELBASET AL-MEGRAHI WAS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WITH LINKS TO LIBYAN INTELLIGENCE.
THE EVIDENCE MAY HAVE BEEN CIRCUMSTANTIAL, BUT IT WAS HIGHLY PERSUASIVE.
Fragmentary Discrepancy
Perhaps need a line here I think along the lines of . ‘In 2011 (or was it 2010?) George Thomson went to Malta for Al Jazeera to find out more.’
INSERT SECTION ABOUT GREY SHIRT FROM PREVIOUS FILM STARTING AT 28:12
Visuals George On Balcony with Photos
28:12 IT IS THE FRAGMENT OF THE TIMER, FOUND IN THE COLLAR OF THE GREY SHIRT, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LINK AL-MEGRAHI TO THE BOMB.
BECAUSE AL-MEGRAHI IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BOUGHT THE GREY SHIRT FROM TONY GAUCI’S SHOP.
OR DID HE?
THIS IS THE SAME GREY SHIRT, FOR WHICH ONE OF THE EVIDENCE LABELS HAS BEEN ALTERED. THE SAME GREY SHIRT THAT UNACCOUNTABLY CHANGES SHAPE IN THE SCOTTISH AND GERMAN POLICE FILES.
28:33 IN HIS FIRST STATEMENT TO THE POLICE, TONY GAUCI LISTS THE CLOTHES HE SAYS HE SOLD TO THE MYSTERIOUS CUSTOMER IN MARY’S HOUSE.
Interview George Thomson Tape #8 P.60
Now, there's a problem there because not included in that list of clothing that he claims to have sold is a grey Slalom shirt
Visual Police Statement
29:00 IN FACT GAUCI’S FIRST POLICE STATEMENT MAKES NO MENTION OF ANY SHIRT, GREY OR OTHERWISE.
Visuals 2nd Police Statement and Shirt Breast pocket
29:09 IN JANUARY 1990, GAUCI WAS QUESTIONED AGAIN ABOUT THE SHIRT. BY DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR HENRY WOODS BELL, AND BY DETECTIVE CONSTABLE JOHN CRAWFORD. BOTH HAVE DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS PROGRAMME.
Interview George Thomson
---- he is shown this fragment here, I can show you that…
But then he says a very interesting thing, he says: That time when the man came, I am sure I did not sell him a shirt...
Gauci “That time when the man came, I am sure I did not sell him a shirt...”
Interview George Thomson
George And he repeats that later on ---- he reinforces it, he says: That man didn’t buy any shirts for sure.
Gauci VO That man didn’t buy any shirts for sure.
Visuals September 1990 Statement
29:49 ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER 1990, TONY GAUCI MADE ANOTHER STATEMENT.
TO D.C.I. BELL AND DETECTIVE SERGEANT PAT BYRNE. BYRNE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO APPROACHES FROM THIS PROGRAMME.
BY NOW SOMETHING HAD JOGGED TONY GAUCI’S MEMORY.
Interview George + Gauci VO + Visuals of Clothes Shop
George ---- and listen to what he says here: About three weeks ago I was cleaning boxes out in the shop and I remembered ….
Gauci VO “… that they had contained a Slalom shirt --- and I now remember that the man who bought the clothing also bought a beige Slalom shirt and a blue and white striped shirt.
Visuals Shirt Samples
ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE IN THE SCCRC REPORT, THE SCOTTISH POLICE PURCHASED SAMPLES OF THE STRIPED SHIRT AND THE BEIGE SHIRT FROM TONY GAUCI.
Breaking the Chain
Visuals Police Statement & Maltese Version
30:20 BUT SOMEONE (POLICE SERGEANT BYRNE) HAS CROSSED OUT THE WORD “BEIGE” IN THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN POLICE STATEMENT.
30:28 A TYPESCRIPT SHOWS THAT THE WORD BEIGE HAS DISAPPEARED FROM THE TEXT FED INTO THE POLICE COMPUTER.
30:36 BUT THIS IS CONTRADICTED BY THE MALTESE POLICE STATEMENT WHICH KEEPS THE WORD “BEIGE”.
THE SHIRT, OF COURSE, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GREY MAN’S SHIRT.
[COULD CUT FROM HERE TO GEORGE DRIVING]
Visuals: George in Car Leaves Godwin P.33/3
---- as you can see there today he’s stuck right by his story in that he can say with some certainty that what he has there is a boy’s shirt.
[COULD COME BACK IN HERE]
NARRATOR
OF COURSE, IF THE SHIRT WAS BEIGE AND NOT GREY AND AL-MEGRAHI BOUGHT NO SHIRTS FROM TONY GAUCI, THERE IS NOTHING TO CONNECT HIM TO THE FRAGEMENT OF TIMER OR THE BOMB IN THE SUITCASE.
Interview George Thomson driving from Godwin
And at the risk of boring you can’t describe just how important that is. It’s crucial to the case. It breaks the chain completely.
Visuals Ashton/Kelly. Interior Law Office. Piles of Files.
BUT AS WE HAVE DISCOVERED,ONLY DAYS BEFORE MEGRAHI FLEW HOME EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE CLEARED HIS NAME REACHED THE OFFICES OF THE SOLICITOR TONY KELLY AND HIS INVESTIGATOR JOHN ASHTON.
IT CAME IN BOXES OF DOCUMENTS FROM EXPLOSIVE EXPERTS WORKING FOR BRITAIN’S MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.
BURIED IN THOSE FILES WERE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCLOSED BEFORE.
VISUAL HAND TURNS OVER FERADAY NOTES
THESE NOTES WERE WRITTEN BY A MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SCIENTIST CALLED ALAN FERADAY.
VISUAL MEMO PT82 PAGE 4 + PAGE 3 WITH SKETCH OF FRAGMENT
HE HAS BEEN ANALYSING THE FRAGMENT OF CIRCUIT BOARD FOUND AT THE CRASH SITE. HIS NOTES DESCRIBE THE PLATING ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD FRAGMENT AS “PURE TIN”.
VISUAL MEMO PT88 PAGE 67
BUT WHEN FERADAY EXAMINES A SAMPLE OF UNDAMAGED CIRCUIT BOARD OF THE TYPE SENT TO LIBYA HE COMES UP WITH A DIFFERENT RESULT. HERE HE DESCRIBES THE PLATING NOT AS PURE TIN BUT AS AN ALLOY OF 70% TIN AND 30% LEAD
VISUAL SPLIT SCREEN OF “PURE TIN” AND “70/30%”
TO LINK LIBYA AND AL MEGRAHI TO THE BOMB THE FRAGMENT OF CIRCUIT BOARD AND THE BOARD ITSELF SHOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTICAL. AND THAT’S WHAT WAS CLAIMED DURING THE TRIAL OF AL-MEGRAHI.
00:34:03 Tony Kelly
--- the crown evidence and
the undisputed evidence at trial was that the coating on the circuit boards was of pure tin,
*****WE ASKED FERADAY AND THE MOD ABOUT THE MEMO AND THIS DISCREPNCY AND THEY SAID. (LEAVE TEN SECONDS)
Sheffield Science Park
Visuals Jess travelling to work in his Landrover (13-1) C/A’s on 13-2 and 14-2
NARRATOR
TO GET TO THE TRUTH AL-MEGRAHI’S LEGAL TEAM SOUGHT A PROFESSIONAL OPINION FROM JESS CAWLEY - A WIDELY RESPECTED METALURGIST. HE IS ALSO REGISTERED AS AN EXPERT WITNESS BY BRITISH COURTS.
Driving Interview Jess Cawley VO
13:01:02 I’m a metallurgist by training.
13:02:04 We’re going to the Advanced Manufacturing Research centre of Sheffield University with respect to some work I did ---- on fragments and samples that relate to the Lockerbie bombing.
it’s not, it’s not just metals and alloys that I, that I work with these days it’s also ceramics and polymers and composite materials. So material scientist is what people would call, call us as experts.
Visuals AMRSU science park
THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING RESEARCH CENTRE IS A PLACE OF CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SPONSORED BY WORLD CLASS COMPANIES LIKE ROLLS ROYCE AND THE FIRM THAT BUILT PANAM 103: BOEING.
VISUALS SHOTS OF CAWLEY AT MICROSCOPE?
USING AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND A (???) FURNACE, CAWLEY HAD TO EXPLAIN WHY THE FRAGMENT FROM THE BOMB SITE WAS PURE TIN. WHILE THE CIRCUIT BOARDS WERE A LEAD/TIN ALLOY.
CAWLEY CARRIED OUT EXPERIMENTS TO TEST THE PROSECUTION THEORY THAT THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE EXPLODING BOMB COULD HAVE VAPOURIZED THE LEAD, LEAVING ONLY TIN.
CAWLEY’S DISTURBING CONCLUSIONS ARE BROADCAST HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Jess Cawley
13:41:41 I exposed the circuit boards to very high temperatures, around a thousand degrees C or so for a few seconds a great deal more energy than would have been caused by an explosion..
Cawley
13:41:41 Now when I came to analyse those samples, there was no loss of any alloy content, no loss of lead.
Cawley
13:42:32 The hypothesis that, because of the explosion that lead evaporated from this alloy, it was not substantiated by the experiments that I did,
.
NARRATOR
FROM THE PROSECUTION POINT OF VIEW, DR. CAWLEY’S FINAL CONCLUSION COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE DEVASTATING.
Cawley
13:51:27:00 This lead me to conclude that the, this circuit board, this control sample, was manufactured by a different process to the original fragment that I analysed.
Interview John driving away from Lab (14-1) C/A’s on 13-2 and 14-
14:19:16 Dr Cawley’s conclusions are incredibly significant because they demonstrate in effect that the Lockerbie fragment of circuit board could not have been from one of the circuit boards that were used in the timers that went to Libya. Now, this not only destroys the case against Mr Megrahi, it also destroys the case against Libya.
Interview Tony Kelly + c/a’s of Cawley & microscope etc & MUSIC
00:37:59 Well the significance
of Mr Bontadeli’s account
is that it breaks the chain,
the circumstantial, it’s own circumstantial chain that links the manufacturer of the circuit board at ? to ? to Libyan intelligence services. So, what Mr Bontadeli speaks to is that chain actually couldn’t survive. In assessing this I think it’s for the overall case, what you have is a circumstantial case built against Mr Megrahi and that removes a crucial strand.
Tony Kelly
00:38:31 it’s pretty difficult to see, how you could link the commission of this offence back to Libya and back to Libyan intelligence services,
Tony Kelly
00:40:00 there is no link between the fragment found in the fields around Lockerbie, going back to ?, ? and Libyan intelligence services.
John Ashton
15:43:19 In his forensic report, which was the backbone of the crown case --- [Mr.Feraday] he --- said that the fragment and the control sample were similar, in all material respects. Now, it’s clear from these notes, which were never disclosed, that he was aware of the dissimilarity. So the question was why didn’t he put that in his report.
Interview Christine Grahame I/V
00:22:54 There is a question about whether or not the Christmas lights were switched on, but that’s only part of it, was it raining that day, was it not raining that day, what size was this man, what height was he, what age was he. All these things Gauci got wrong, and at the end of the day, he was paid two million American dollars, for what.
INSERT SECTION ABOUT TAILING GAUCI FROM PREVIOUS FILM
Visuals: George hangs out at Tony’s Bar on Sliema Waterfront
IT’S A LONG TIME SINCE THE LOCALS HAVE SEEN GAUCI IN HIS FAVOURITE HANG-OUT. ON MALTA IT’S WIDELY BELIEVED THAT, IN RETURN FOR THE EVIDENCE HE GAVE IN COURT, GAUCI HAS BANKED HIS SHARE OF THE REWARD MONEY AND MOVED ABROAD.
Interview George Sitting at Tony’s Bar
Yeah, they haven’t a good word to say about Tony Gauci at all--
He used to come here a lot ---- and this lad here told me off camera that he had gone to Australia --- but he won't say anything on camera --- He may have the money but I think he's lost respect…
Tony’s House
Visuals: George Driving Down Malta’s Mean Streets
40:54 WHEN THOMSON DROVE PAST GAUCI’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE MAN, BUT AN EXPENSIVE SPORTS CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE.
41:04 UNDER SCOTTISH LAW WITNESSES CANNOT BE OFFERED REWARD MONEY, LEST IT TAINT THEIR EVIDENCE.
41:11 BUT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAD POSTED A $4M REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
41:16 NEXT TIME THOMSON DROVE PAST, HE GLIMPSED A GREY HAIRED MAN IN A RED POLO SHIRT. HE CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE GAUCI.
Tailing Mr.G
Visuals Pursuit of Green Car. Shots of Back of Gauci’s Head.
41:30 ON THE THIRD DRIVE PAST, THOMSON SPOTTED THE SAME MAN BEING DRIVEN OFF IN A GREEN CAR.
41:45 THOMSON TAILED THE CAR, BECAUSE HE WANTED GAUCI TO CONFIRM OR DENY REPORTS THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PAID HIM $2M.
41:55 BUT THEN THE GREEN CAR SPOTTED OUR CAMERA --- AND THE NEXT STOP WAS A POLICE STATION.
Visuals Gauci up Stairs at Police Station
42:06 AS HE CLIMBED THE STAIRS, THOMSON GOT A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
Interview George in Car After Gauci Incident
Interviewer So George. Was that him?
Thomson Definitely yes --- But I’m now 200% sure because I’ve just been questioned by the police and asked why I’m interested in Tony Gauci!
Visuals George Still Smiling/Gauci Slo Mo
42:22 MR. GAUCI DECLINES TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS PROGRAMME.
Reward Money
Visuals: Slo Mo of Gauci at Police Station
42:26 SCOTTISH POLICE MAINTAIN THAT GAUCI SHOWED NO INTEREST IN ANY REWARD MONEY BEFORE THE TRIAL.
BUT SCOTLAND’S CRIMINAL CASE REVIEW COMMISSION FOUND THAT EXTRACTS FROM DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR BELL’S DIARY CAST A NEW LIGHT ON THAT CLAIM.
Interview John Ashton
MISSING SYNC
Interview: McKie Tape #16 p. 121/3
It was flawed from top to bottom. It seems as if Gauci was coached in his evidence, and he was given money for his evidence. Identification evidence like that has got no value at all.
Interview Lord Fraser Pg 10/1
All I can say is I had made it very clear as I tried to express earlier that we were very conscious that the eyes of the world would be on us and that it would not look good if there was any suggestion that
--- that there was any reward money or anything like that. And he certainly wasn’t motivated by that.
I think maybe we need an upsum section.
If Tony Gauci’s evidence about Abdel Baset al Megrahi is now wholly
discredited and - as this programme has shown - the forensic evidence that
linked a fragment of timer to Libya is also false, then the entire case
against the man found guilty of the bombing of Pan Am 103 collapses
completely. Had his appeal ever taken place then all this evidence would have
come to light and Megrahi would have walked from court as an innocent man.
(DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS LAST LINE BELOW..MAYBE STEP TOO
FAR)
Which begs a question. If Megrahi and Libya were not responsible for the
Lockerbie bombing, then who was?
Blue Mediterranean Sea
Visuals Megrahi
IN TRIPOLI MEGRAHI DYING WISH IS TO SEE HIS NAME CLEARED. .
AND HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR TONY GAUCI.
Interview Megrahi on Bed
8:00 (Gauci)
If I have a chance to see him I am forgiving him. I would tell him that I have never in my entire life been in his shop. I have never bought any clothing from him. And I tell him that he dealt with me very wrongly.
This man –I have never seen him in my entire life except when he came to the court. I find him a very simple man.
Visuals Malta coast. George Drives Past. Interior Car
WHILE ABDEL BASSET AL-MEGRAHI WAS FIGHTING HIS LOOSING BATTLE AGAINST CANCER, THE COASTLINE OF MALTA WAS ONLY MINUTES AWAY BY AIR. GEORGE THOMSON CONTINUES TO FOLLOW NEW LEADS. BUT HE DOUBTS THAT HE AND MEGRAHI WILL EVER MEET AGAIN:
Interview: George Driving on Coast Road Tape #4 P.38/2
---- He used to say a nice thing. When he started to realise that we may be uncovering evidence to get him out, he used to tell me that one day him and I would swim in the blue Mediterranean Sea together. Ah… I don’t think that will happen now.
Interview Megrahi on bed
--- I am facing my God very soon.I swear with my God which is my God and his God as well, I swear I have never been in his shop or buy any clothing from his shop and he has to believe this because when we meet together before the God I want him to know that before I die. This is the truth.