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Megrahi drops appeal as MacAskill looks sets to grant transfer

The Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has formally dropped his second appeal against his conviction for the attack that killed 270 people. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, who is serving a 27-year sentence in HMP Greenock, applied to abandon the appeal last week.

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LUCY ADAMS, Chief Reporter

The Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has formally dropped his second appeal against his conviction for the attack that killed 270 people.