Lawyers bid to postpone Masud trial in US
It can be postponed to the trial of Libyan suspects in the U.S. bombing, based on the request of prosecution and defense.
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His trial was originally scheduled to take place in Washington on May 12, but the U.S. government and defense have requested it to be cancelled.
Scottish and U.S. investigators called Masud, allegedly admitted to equipment that exploded in passenger aircraft possession while flying from London to New York.
Masood, a Libyan intelligence agent, acted with his compatriot Abdelbasset Al-Megrahi, who was convicted of murdering 270 victims, the FBI said. Conventional trials in the Scottish court in the Netherlands More than 20 years ago.
On the morning of December 21, 1988, the bomb was hidden in a radio box player in a Samson Pie suitcase and then smuggled from a flight in Malta.
The unaccompanied bag was transferred to a Pan American feeder flight, from Frankfurt to London, where it was loaded into Pan AM 103.
Masood is said to have told Libyan law enforcement officials that the country’s dictator Colonel Muamma Gaddafi later thanked him for fulfilling his “important national obligations to the Americans.”
Masud confessed in Libya after an uprising against the Gaddafi regime that it was made in 2012.
Grandfather Masud in the mid-70s Not guilty of the charge After appearing in court in Washington in 2022.
His family claimed that he was evacuated from his home in Tripoli by armed personnel and later handed over to U.S. authorities without sufficient explanation.
Faced with strong opposition from opposition politicians, Abdul Hami Dbeibeh, a government of national solidarity supported by Libya, said they have been complying with the requests issued through Interpol.
U.S. government prosecutors said in court filings earlier this month that the case was complex and involved “a large number of discoveries, including evidence located in other countries.”
The government is taking steps to help public defenders investigate the case, and the two sides continue to have a “effective dialogue.”
Masud was also treated for an undisclosed medical condition, although his illness was not life-threatening.
If the trial judge solicits the request, an identity hearing for the case will be held next month.
Lockerbie Bombing has been the new subject of public concern during Masud’s trial.
A Sky TV series starring Colin Firth is the father of a British victim Caused controversyand will air the production of BBC/Netflix later this year.
