Lockerbie bomber 'forgives' Maltese witness who secured his conviction

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi says he has "forgiven" Maltese national Tony Gauci, a shopkeeper who helped to secure his conviction.

26 February 2012, 12:00am
by Karl Stagno-Navarra

1 min read

Convicted Lockerbie bomber tells Tony Gauci: "I have never seen him in my life before he came to the court. But I do forgive him."

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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 59, was jailed for the 1988 Pan Am plane terror attack which claimed 270 lives.

Key witness Tony Gauci told the trial that Megrahi had bought clothes - found in the case carrying the bombs - in his shop in Malta.

But viewers of BBC1 documentary Lockerbie - The Lost Evidence, which is being broadcast tomorrow night, will hear the Libyan deny his crime.

Megrahi, freed from a Scottish prison in 2009 because he is dying of cancer, said: "If I had the chance to see him, I am forgiving him.

"I'd tell him that I never ever in my entire life bought clothes from his shop. I never bought clothes from him.

"I'd say he dealt with me very wrongly. I have never seen him in my life before he came to the court. But I do forgive him."