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recording was lost the hearing is scheduled to last two days with the judge expected to issue her decision at a later date posted by robert black at 18 19 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 6 january 2026 lockerbie bomb suspect confession video lost or destroyed this is the headline over a report published today on the bbc news website it reads in part a lockerbie bombing suspect cannot get a fair trial because a video of his alleged confession has been lost or destroyed his defence lawyers have claimed public defenders representing abu agila mas ud kheir al marimi in a united states court case said the disappearance of the video deprived him of evidence which could have cleared his name they are also arguing the case against the libyan also known as masud should be thrown out of court because it involves events which took place 37 years ago outside us territorial jurisdiction masud was forcibly removed from libya and taken into us custody in 2022 with his trial due to get under way in washington dc this august after two postponements us prosecutors allege masud admitted his role in bombing the airliner when he was interrogated in a libyan detention facility in 2012 according to an fbi summary of the case he told a libyan law enforcement officer that the bomb was hidden in an unaccompanied suitcase on a flight from malta to frankfurt the device was then transferred undetected onto a pan am feeder flight to heathrow where it was placed in the forward hold of pan am 103 masud has already claimed he was forced into making a false confession under duress and is arguing that it should be ruled inadmissible in a fresh line of attack his lawyers have said his right to a fair trial has been violated because of the bad faith loss of material during the long history of the case that material is said to include a video recording of masud s alleged confession made by the libyan official who had questioned him according to the defence the official claimed to have kept the video in a safe for three years before telling a colleague what had happened in 2015 scottish investigators heard about the alleged confession later that year and obtained copies of a written statement in 2017 the documents were passed on to the americans and were central to the charges against masud which were announced on the bombing of the anniversary in 2020 the defence says that in 2024 the libyan interrogator stated he had located the recording device but could not locate the recording itself federal public defender geremy kamens submitted that the loss of the video had deprived masud of potentially exculpatory evidence would could have attacked the centrepiece of the government s case against him a picture is worth a thousand words and a video comprises dozens of pictures every second kamens said the interrogation video may have shown mr al marimi masud appearing nervous apprehensive uncomfortable tense jumpy subdued or any combination of these states at various times he may have been sweating his language may have been stilted he may have avoided eye contact any discrepancy between the recording and the written statement or the interrogator s descriptions of the conversation would provide powerful fodder for cross examination and impeachment it was not until he the libyan official was asked to provide a copy of the recording to us law enforcement in 2024 that the recording suddenly vanished kamens also argued that delays in bringing masud before a jury would deny him his right to a fair trial it borders on the impossible for mr al marimi masud to investigate his actions and whereabouts 30 years ago let alone the government s allegations whereas the government can rely on the fruits of a contemporaneous investigation and decades of preparation by an international cohort of prosecutors and police kamens said masud s defence would be hampered by his mental and physical deterioration and the deaths of crucial witnesses including al megrahi the us government is expected to respond to the defence arguments this week a hearing on the admissibility of the alleged confession is due to be held in washington next month posted by robert black at 18 58 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 20 december 2025 father of us lockerbie victim concerned about masud trial delays what follows is excerpted from a report published yesterday on the devon live website the dad of a lockerbie victim has called for greater transparency on the health of the alleged bombmaker after revealing further delays to his trial libyan abu agila masud 74 has been accused of making the bomb which killed 270 victims over lockerbie on 21 december 1988 and was originally due to go on trial in washington in may this year but paul hudson who lost his daughter melina in the bombing as she flew home to new york after a semester at a school in exeter devon said it has now been delayed until may next year at the earliest he has now raised concern about the health of the defendant which he says is being held back from the public under privacy grounds and he fears his health could be being manipulated citing the example of abdelbaset al megrahi who was freed early in the uk under claims he had months to live but survived for another three years paul said he fears this could be being deployed as a delaying tactic for the trial which has already been pushed back twice he said he seems to be stable as of now from what we know but they are keeping secret his actual medical information i find it a little strange as that is not something that is prejudicial they are keeping it secret and the judge is saying it is based on medical privacy standards it seems that should not really apply in cases like this there was something similar in a different context with al megrahi he was let out of prison in the uk prematurely based on claims he was going to pass away within six months there was never any release of the medical information outside experts could evaluate it turns out it was completely untrue and he went on to live a lot longer i don t agree with that there is not much i can do but there should be as much transparency as possible if health of the defendant and medical issues is used to delay trial or even accelerate it it should not be kept secret to anyone even the judge doesn t have access to it i understand there is only limited access to the prosecution but none at all for the public mr hudson has since spent decades fighting for justice for the victims of pan am 103 masud was initially due to stand trial at a federal court in washington in may this year accused of two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death and destruction of a vehicle resulting in death he has denied all three charges and paul was initially told of a delay due to his health after being told his health had improved and a target trial date was set for march next year further delays have now been confirmed to the victim s families paul added there have been more delays and i think we are probably looking at late spring or summer at the earliest for trial i think it requires leadership at a higher level to make it all go forward in a good way i don t trust the prosecutors the police or judiciary even if they wanted to one of the things i am hoping for is a meeting with the us attorney general and with the chief prosecutor to make sure all the different parts are moving together to a proper conclusion and schedule reasons given for the latest delays include a change of personnel in prosecution and the defence law firms they are also going through suppression hearings where the defence will try to exclude evidence the prosecution wants to present at trial there is a confession the defence claims was improper and a bunch of other things they are going through motions are being filed back and forth hearings are mostly closed to the public and to the victims it is really hard for any outsider to know the know to keep it from potential jurors what evidence is going to be excluded i have read the paper motions but have not been able to go to the hearings before the judge to hear about the evidence in great detail my feeling is i would like to see it happen sooner rather than later to never however i would like to see it done correctly so on the other hand a trial that begins prematurely could also be negative for prosecution and justice generally masud stands charged with two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death and destruction of a vehicle resulting in death he has denied all three charges and claims his confession to building the bomb and taking it in a suitcase from tripoli to malta was made under duress paul who is now 79 said he would never stop fighting for justice i am hopeful not only of a conviction here but we may have a defendant who no doubt knows other people involved that could lead to further prosecutions currently the only suspect convicted remains abdelbaset al megrahi who was jailed for life in 2001 but released by the scottish government on compassionate grounds in 2009 his co defendant lamin khalifah fhimah was acquitted but remains the subject of an active us arrest warrant posted by robert black at 11 33 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 13 november 2025 us trial of lockerbie bombing accused delayed further what follows is excerpted from a report published this evening on the bbc news website the trial of a libyan accused of building the bomb that destroyed an american airliner over lockerbie has been delayed for a second time the case against abu agila mas ud kheir al marimi known as mas ud was due to get under way in washington in may but was postponed to 20 april next year in july his lawyers requested a further delay saying they needed more time to consider all the evidence from the 37 year old case mas ud has denied constructing and priming the bomb which brought down pan am flight 103 on 21 december 1988 prosecutors from the us department of justice argued against a second postponement but the trial judge has set aside the april start date it is understood the legal teams are now exploring whether the trial can get under way in the summer a small group of public defenders are representing mas ud who has been in us custody since 2022 they said they have to review 356gb of data with 413 000 separate files including expert evidence on dna finger and palm prints explosives facial recognition and handwriting analysis the defence team said they also have to consider voluminous documents in multiple foreign languages thousands of pages of prior trial transcripts and documentation of a sprawling 37 year investigation in a submission to the court they added mr al marimi is anxious for his trial to begin but understands the challenges that his current attorneys face in response prosecutors argued a further delay would be an extraordinary step that could be justified only by extraordinary circumstances which are not present here they said many potential witnesses are in their 80s and could become unavailable to testify due to death or infirmity further delays could irreparably damage the prospects of a full and fair determination of the facts they said the department of justice team also pointed out that many relatives of the victims are advancing in age and have already suffered for decades bbc news understands that the availability of witnesses next july or august will determine when the case finally gets under way posted by robert black at 19 16 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 4 october 2025 bombing accused masud confessed in safest place say us prosecutors what follows is excerpted from a report published yesterday on the daily mail website a libyan accused of building the bomb that blew up pam am flight 103 over lockerbie was in the safest place when he voluntarily admitted his involvement in the atrocity prosecutors have said abu agila masud kheir al marimi claims he was forced into making a false confession after he was held captive in libya by men who threatened his family but u s prosecutors argue that there were no signs of coercion or torture and that the libyan officer who interviewed him was unarmed in court papers they state that the 74 year old known as masud was housed in the same room as several other men and appeared to the officer to be in good health and to have access to necessities and to news about the outside world through a television this is contrary to claims by masud who is due to stand trial in washington dc in april over his role in the 1988 terror attack which killed 270 people that he was kept in isolation he also claims that while in custody he witnessed others being beaten and abused prosecutors however state based on the officer s observations the facility that the defendant was held at was one of the best available during the chaos of the post revolution period and it was the safest place for the defendant given the extent of street violence and anti gaddafi sentiment prevailing at the time they add that the officer observed no signs of torture or coercion and that masud was interviewed in a typical office type room during which time he was afforded a lunch break and the proper facilities to pray the officer asked the defendant whether he consented to be interviewed and he freely gave his consent masud s defence team have filed a motion to suppress statements saying the circumstances of his arrest incommunicado detention and captivity in a system well known for human rights abuses renders his confession inadmissible but prosecutors have urged the court not to accept this fictitious account the bomb maker for the libyan external security organisation was extradited to the us in 2022 after allegedly admitting to building the lockerbie device posted by robert black at 08 32 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 18 september 2025 lockerbie bombing accused masud says he was forced into false confession what follows is excerpted from a report published today on the bbc news website the libyan accused of building the bomb that brought down an american airliner over lockerbie 36 years ago has claimed he was forced into making a false confession abu agila mas ud kheir al marimi 74 has said he was in custody in libya when three masked men ordered him to memorise information about the destruction of pan am 103 and another terror attack referred to as mas ud by prosecutors he said he repeated what he had learned to a libyan official under duress after the men threatened his family masud s lawyers have asked a federal court in washington to rule the alleged confession inadmissible in advance of his trial in april next year details of the alleged confession were first made public five years ago after the us dep...