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Controversy over release of Lockerbie bomber

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The Scottish justice secretary has defended his decision to free the Lockerbie bomber. Terminally-ill Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi (pictured) was freed after receiving a life sentence imposed in 2001 for his conviction for the UK’s worst terrorist atrocity, which claimed 270 lives in 1988. The 57-year-old, who has prostate cancer, returned home to Libya on Thursday to jubilant scenes. Laura Lynch reports. >>>Click for BBC coverage