New evidence prompts trial delay for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

A federal judge postponed the trial of a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, according to prosecutors. The case, involving the alleged bombing by the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's direction, has been delayed to allow defense attorneys to investigate new evidence. Jury selection for the trial scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. was postponed.

The newly discovered evidence was disclosed to the defense team on Saturday, prompting their constitutional and ethical obligation to examine it. Federal District Judge Dabney Friedrich's order did not specify the nature of the evidence. Al-Marimi, who faces up to life in prison if convicted, is accused of bringing the bomb to Malta and giving it to co-conspirators for a flight to Frankfurt, where it was loaded onto Flight 103.