Trial of alleged Lockerbie bombmaker will restore faith in justice, says Bain

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain said the trial next year of a man accused of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing will enable the circumstances of the attack to be ‘fully understood’ (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Scotland’s most senior law officer has expressed hope the forthcoming trial of a man accused of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing will renew confidence in the justice process around the case, ahead of the 36th anniversary of the explosion.

All 259 passengers and crew onboard Pan Am Flight 103 and 11 people on the ground were killed when the plane exploded above the Scottish town in 1988, in what remains Britain’s deadliest terrorist atrocity.