The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice - Couverture rigide

MacAskill, Kenny

 
9781785900723: The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1785900722 ISBN 13 : 9781785900723
Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

On 21 December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 departed London Heathrow for New York. Shortly after take-off, a bomb detonated, killing all aboard and devastating the small Scottish town of Lockerbie below. Only one man has ever been convicted of the crime: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, though few believe that he acted alone.

In 2009, a request was made by Libya for al-Megrahi's release from prison on compassionate grounds after he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The decision to grant or deny that request fell squarely and exclusively on the shoulders of one man: Kenny MacAskill, Scotland's Justice Secretary from 2007 to 2014.

Detailing the build-up to the atrocity and the carnage left in its wake, MacAskill narrates the international investigation that followed and the diplomatic intrigue that saw a Scottish court convened in the Netherlands. He describes the controversial release of al-Megrahi, explains the international dimensions involved and lays bare the commercial and security interests that ran in the background throughout the investigation and trial. Finally, he answers how and why it happened - and who was really responsible for the worst terrorist attack to have occurred on British soil before or since.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kenny MacAskill was, until 2016, a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Eastern, and former Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish government. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and was a senior partner in an Edinburgh law firm before being elected as an MSP in 1999.

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Éditeur
Biteback Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785900722
ISBN 13 
9781785900723
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
368
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Personne responsable
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