Stuart Cossar from Dumfries was speaking as he received an MBE at Buckingham Palace for his work on the inquiry and his support to the bereaved families.
A former investigator of the Lockerbie Air Disaster hopes “justice will prevail” when the trial of a suspect begins next year.
Pan Am 103 exploded as it flew over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, on a flight from Heathrow to New York, killing 270 people – including 11 of the town’s residents. “The investigation is still live and we have a trial scheduled for next year in the US, and we hope that justice will prevail. A decade ago he attended Libya during dangerous civil unrest at great personal risk, and made crucial connections with the Attorney General’s office there to secure vital evidence leading to the extradition of a suspect last year.
More than 400 people have put their names forward for remote access to the criminal trial of Abu Agila Masud – including 31 from Lockerbie – which is set to begin on May 12, 2025.
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