Salmond hits out over Megrahi deal

Jan 12 2010

Scotland's First Minister has criticised the UK Government for seeking to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner-transfer agreement with Libya.

Alex Salmond told a committee of MPs that former Prime Minister Tony Blair's "deal in the desert" with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was a "mistake".

Terminally ill Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi eventually had a prisoner-transfer application rejected by the Scottish Government, but was released to his home country on compassionate grounds five months ago.