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Megrahi now close to death, reveals family

THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing appeared to be close to death last night at his home in Tripoli.

MEGRAHI: The new Libyan regime will not extradite him.
MEGRAHI: The new Libyan regime will not extradite him.

The discovery came as the leader of the rebel forces who drove Colonel Gaddafi from power declared they will not hand over to the West Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi.

Megrahi -- suffering from terminal prostate cancer -- was reported to be comatose, surviving on oxygen and an intravenous drip.