http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/8264119.stm
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Originally Posted by BBC
Law chief 'deplores' bomber claim
Scotland's most senior prosecutor has condemned a fresh move by the Lockerbie bomber to protest his innocence.
Hundreds of pages of documents relating to an appeal by Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the 1988 bombing have been put on a new website.
But Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini said Megrahi had abandoned his appeal before his release on compassionate grounds.
Megrahi's lawyer said publishing the documents was his client's only means of continuing to protest his innocence.
Ms Angiolini said she deplored Megrahi's actions, and a court was the only appropriate forum for determining guilt or innocence.
She also criticised Libyan Megrahi's attempt to challenge his conviction though "selective publication of his view of the evidence in the media".
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The website in question:
http://www.megrahimystory.net/
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Originally Posted by Megrahi - My Story
Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was convicted before the High Court of Justiciary sitting in the Netherlands of the murder of 270 people.
Mr Megrahi contends that he has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
His case was referred back to the Court of Criminal Appeal by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission on 27th June 2007.
He abandoned his appeal against conviction and sentence, with leave of the Court, on 18 August 2009.
The purpose of this website is to explain the basis of his challenge to that conviction.
Initially, he intends to publish those parts of his Grounds of Appeal which were argued before the Court between 28 April and 19 May 2009.
Thereafter, he will publish the Grounds of Appeal which were due to be the subject of argument before the Court, commencing on 2nd November 2009.
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The site currently has PDFs of:
1. Summary of Grounds of Appeal 1 & 2
2. Grounds of Appeal 1 & 2
3. Written submissions relating to Grounds 1 & 2