“I personally hope that Tony [Gauci] is in a better place and that he is now at peace because he must have led a tortured life knowing that he had jailed an innocent man for money.”
George Thomson — Lockerbie Investigator
“The Lockerbie saga continues and, as with the assassination of John F Kennedy, conspiracy theories will run for ever. It’s unsurprising that the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) has passed it through the first stage of their process, as Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s conviction is questionable to say the least.
As the SCCRC found on the last occasion when they considered this a decade ago, there are issues to investigate. Not least the evidence of Tony Gauci, a man who it’s since been disclosed received substantial sums of money for his testimony.”
Kenny MacAskill — Former Cabinet Secretary for Justice 2007−2014 (May 10 2018)
Tony Gauci — Lord Fraser described the Maltese shopkeeper whose testimony was central in securing a conviction against Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, as “not quite the full shilling” and “an apple short of a picnic”.
Last week, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) announced that it will review the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man ever convicted for the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The commission will examine the case to decide whether it would be appropriate to refer the matter for a fresh appeal.
In June 2007, the SCCRC published a summary of its findings indicating that there were six grounds upon which it had concluded that a miscarriage of justice might have occurred.
The new grounds for appeal include questions over the integrity of evidence produced by the Crown at the original trial, including the infamous circuit board fragment (PT/35b) and various clothes.
Many experts believe that the crucial testimony given by Maltese shopkeeper Tony Gauci was simply false and should have been ruled inadmissible.
In a 2009 piece titled “Lockerbie: J’accuse”, I explained why I came to regard Gauci’s testimony as complete nonsense. Let us read it again. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →
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