Prime minister Gordon Brown has denied trying to influence the decision to free the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
Speaking in Birmingham, Mr Brown reiterated that the decision was one for the Scottish Government alone.
He rejected suggestions that his government put pressure on Scotland to release al-Megrahi early in an attempt to improve Britain’s trade links with Libya.
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