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Important to remember that SCCRC referred Megrahi’s case for appeal

Well done to Iain Macwhirter for bringing some sanity back to the Megrahi debate ("If Megrahi is to be tried again, then let it be in the new Libya", The Herald, August 25).

Many of those clamouring for Megrahi’s blood appear to have forgotten about the Scottish Criminal Courts Review Commission (SCCRC) decision to refer his case for appeal because they were of the view “that the applicant may have suffered a miscarriage of justice”.