Lockerbie trial pushed back again
The lawyer of the man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie air disaster has been granted a delay to the start of the trial. On Monday, Washington District Judge Dabney Friedrich granted Abu Agila Al Marimi's court-appointed lawyer's request for more time to review evidence to be presented against his client Jury selection for Mr Al Marimi's trial was tentatively…
A delay in the start of the trial for the man accused of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been granted. On Monday, Washington District Judge Dabney Friedrich permitted Abu Agila Al Marimi's court-appointed lawyer to request additional time to assess the evidence against his client. Jury selection for Mr Al Marimi's case, initially planned for August 25, will now be postponed due to ongoing pre-trial hearings.
The 1988 terrorist attack resulted in the deaths of all 259 people on Pan Am Flight 103, with 190 of the victims being US citizens. Along with witness accounts from multiple countries, 150 pieces of crash evidence, including passports, hotel records, receipts, telegrams, baggage tags, and letters, will be presented as part of the trial.
The case has gained attention due to a Netflix series, The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which dramatizes the events leading up to the incident and its investigation. Al Marimi was first charged in 2020 and detained by the US in 2022, but health issues, defense team concerns, and lengthy pre-trial proceedings have further delayed the trial. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the sole individual convicted of the bombing, passed away in 2012.
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