What is Abdelbaset al-Megrahi?
'''Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi''' (1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a [[Libya]]n man who was [[Conviction|convicted]] for the bombing of [[Pan Am Flight 103]] over [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]]. Megrahi was the head of security for [[Libyan Arab Airlines]], Libya's national airline, and was accused of being a [[espionage|spy]]. He was born in [[Tripoli]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12174643 BBC obituary]</ref> Megrahi was the only person convicted in connection with bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which happened on 21 December 1988. He was held under armed guard in Libya from 1991 until 1999, when he was moved to the [[Netherlands]]. His trial began in May 2000 in a special court in the Netherlands. On 31 January 2001, he was convicted of 270 counts of [[murder]]. He was [[sentencing|sentenced]] to [[life imprisonment]]. He was held in Scottish [[prison]]s until he was [[compassionate release|released on compassionate grounds]] on 20 August 2009 because he had [[terminal illness|terminal]] [[prostate cancer]]. He returned to Tripoli that day and died of the [[disease]] there.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9278041/Abdelbaset-Ali-al-Megrahi.html Telegraph obituary]</ref> == References == <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Megrahi, Abdelbaset}} [[Category:Murderers]] [[Category:People from Tripoli]] [[Category:Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment]] [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]]