-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003915401539178&rtmo=3SYuKn3M&atmo=rrrrrrr q&pg=/et/00/11/30/nlock30.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003915401539178&rtmo=3SYuKn3M&atmo=r rrrrrrq&pg=/et/00/11/30/nlock30.html">Lockerbie acquittal plea is rejected</A> ----- ISSUE 2015 Thursday 30 November 2000 Lockerbie acquittal plea is rejected By Auslan Cramb in Camp Zeist, Holland THE judges hearing the Lockerbie trial yesterday rejected a motion to acquit one of the two Libyans accused of the bombing. Richard Keen, QC, defending, had argued that there was "no case to answer" against his client and "not a jot" of evidence linking him to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. But Lord Sutherland, the presiding judge, said the court had to take the prosecution evidence "at its highest" and took four minutes to reject the application that could have freed Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, 44. The defence case will now proceed next week with both accused still facing charges of murder, conspiracy to murder and breaching an aviation security Act. Fhimah, in traditional white Libyan dress, leant forward while the judge made the ruling, and sat back in his chair without expression when the motion was refused. Relatives of those who died welcomed the decision and said it would allow them to hear in full the defence version of events, which will incriminate Palestinian individuals and terrorist groups. Mr Keen had argued on Tuesday that the case against Fhimah, an alleged Libyan secret agent, was entirely circumstantial and had failed to tie him to most of the accusations in the complex charges. The judges considered the matter overnight and Lord Sutherland told the court that the panel of three judges was not satisfied there was no case to answer. He said they were rejecting the plea in particular because of entries in Fhimah's diary, referring to the need to acquire Air Malta tags, his association with the first accused and, "crucially", the evidence of Abdul Majid Giaka, a Libyan double agent. Giaka, who was dismissed during defence cross-examination as a Walter Mitty character, told the CIA that he saw Fhimah carry a brown, Samsonite suitcase through the airport at Malta on the eve of the bombing. The charges against Fhimah and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, 48, state that they put a suitcase containing a bomb on an Air Malta flight from Malta to Frankfurt, with tags routing it to London and Flight 103. The trial continues. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2000 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
