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Pressure grows to reveal Lockerbie report secrets

A SECRET 800-page document detailing why the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have suffered a miscarriage of justice has moved a step closer to publication after an agreement between the Westminster and Holyrood governments to discuss the report.

QUESTION MARK: Megrahi conviction may be unsound.
QUESTION MARK: Megrahi conviction may be unsound.
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Lucy Adams Chief Reporter

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has revealed he has received assurances from the UK Government to help smooth the path to publication of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission's (SCCRC) long-awaited report.

Mr MacAskill wrote to the UK Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke earlier this month to ask the Coalition Government to remove obstacles presented by the Data Protection Act 1998, which is reserved to the UK Parliament, to enable a Scottish Government Bill to be put forward.

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