US court sets trial for Lockerbie bombing suspect
Abu Agila Masud, extradited from Libya to the US in 2022, is due to stand trial over the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people. A Washington hearing said the trial is expected to last about two months starting in mid-January, though a final date is unconfirmed after last-minute disclosure of new evidence delayed jury selection. Masud, now in his mid-70s, faces two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death and a possible life sentence; prosecutors say he once confessed, a claim his lawyers dispute.
Masud faces trial in the Lockerbie bombing with possible life sentence
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The suspect was extradited from Libya in 2022. New evidence was disclosed and delayed jury selection. The court is now planning a mid-January trial start.
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