Judge allows Lockerbie suspect's alleged confession to be used at US trial
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Judge allows Lockerbie suspect's alleged confession to be used at US trialImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A total of 270 people died in the Lockerbie bombing on 21 December 1988ByDavid CowanScotland home affairs correspondentPublished5 minutes agoAn alleged confession by a suspect in the Lockerbie bombing will be allowed as evidence in a trial in the United States, a judge has ruled. Lawyers for Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi had asked for the contested statement to be ruled inadmissible, claiming it was false and made under duress.But the document will now form a central part of the prosecution case when the postponed trial begins at a federal court in Washington DC later this month.Libyan Al-Marimi, also known as Masud, has denied making and priming the bomb that destroyed…
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