I'm unsure because up until the last year, I pretty much just believed what I was told by the media. Even saying that outloud makes me smirk in a "Scott, you so silly" way. So, everyone calling him the Lockerbie bomber, it just made me assume he had to be the guy involved. My Scots law lecturer though told me how there was a lot of pressure from the Americans to convict someone, specifically Megrahi. Apparently some American officials were even present at his trial? I haven't researched that myself, but that's what my lecturer said anyway. What I did notice is that my lecturer supports independence, just like the SNP do who are the ones who let Megrahi go. I wouldn't be surprised if the SNP do not believe Megrahi to be guilty, but to come out and say that would be damaging. I do believe Megrahi knows things that could be vital to the whole investigation, but I'm not convinced he ought to be the one convicted for it. If so, it should be for withholding evidence.

Hey mate. Ooh...now that's a tricky one. I think he may well have played some part in what happened, but to what extent I have no idea and I'm certainly not convinced he was the only person involved. There's definitely been enough said about the prosecution case to cast doubt in my mind that he actually put the bomb on the plane, but as my knowledge of the forensic evidence is pretty patchy I can't say much more than that. As far as his release, I think there were good grounds for doing so based on his illness, but that they should have sought further prognoses rather than relying on the now-infamous 3 months, if only to avoid getting egg on their faces. There's no doubting he is dying, but the nature of their proclamations on his release have come back to bite them slightly. It is certainly an interesting and difficult case though. What's your view on the above now you've studied it? I know you said you're not sure but am interested to see if it's on the same grounds.

Hey man, I just wanted to ask if you have any opinions on the conviction (and subsequent release) of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi? We were studying the case in my Scots Law class and I always just assumed he was guilty cuz that's what the media, and the politicians, preach, but now I'm not so sure.