Lockerbie Bomber Drops Appeal, Scotland Mulls Move (ap)

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (centre) is escorted by security officers in Tripoli in 1992. Lawyers said that Megrahi is abandoning his appeal against conviction, his lawyers said, following reports he is set to be freed on compassionate grounds.(AFP/File/Manoocher Deghati)AP – Lawyers for the man serving a life sentence for the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie said Friday he intends to drop his appeal against conviction, as Scottish officials consider his request for transfer to Libya.

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