AN 11-year-old boy set to inherit a multimillion-pound Lockerbie legacy said yesterday that he would give it all up to see his father again.
AN 11-year-old boy set to inherit a multimillion-pound Lockerbie legacy said yesterday that he would give it all up to see his father again.
Luke Nesfield, son of the late Steven Flannigan, is heir to £18m when he turns 21.
Mr Flannigan's own father, Tom, 44, mother Kathleen, 41, and sister Joanne, 10, were killed when the fuselage from the bombed Pan Am flight 103 crashed into their home at 16 Sherwood Crescent.
There were 11 Lockerbie residents among the 270 who died following the terrorists attack.
Mr Flannigan, then 14, escaped because he was in a neighbour's garage building a bicycle as a Christmas gift to his young sister.
He and his brother, David - who died of a heart attack in 1993 - were awarded £2m in compensation from Pan Am.
Mr Flannigan inherited his brother's remaining wealth and became a father when his partner Lisa Gregory gave birth to Luke in 1997.
However, Mr Flannigan died after being struck by a train eight years ago, leaving his son heir to the £2m.
As the only direct descendant of the Flannigan family, he also became entitled to £6m the Libyan government paid as compensation to all the victims. By the time he accesses it in 2018, it will be worth more than £18m.
Speaking to a Sunday newspaper, Luke said: "I've no idea what I'll buy with the money. I don't really think about it that much. Maybe a Gibson Les Paul guitar.
"It's not that great that when I'm older I'll get all the money, because I would rather have my dad than all the money."
Luke, who has only vague memories of his father, added: "I remember getting into my dad's car and the smell of the white leather seats. All I know about that night when his family died is that it was a really hard time for my dad.
"I haven't looked up anything about Lockerbie and we only ever talked about it one day in school when we had a different teacher and she didn't know who I was.
"Barack Obama had been elected president and we were talking about 9/11 and then other terrorists and then the teacher talked about Lockerbie. But I wasn't bothered and nobody looked at me or anything like that."
Luke is expected to go to Lockerbie Academy, the school his father attended, next year.
Every August, on Mr Flannigan's birthday, Luke and his mother make a pilgrimage to his grave. Luke added: "I go there and talk to him. I don't really know what about, just daft things."
