Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi's conviction to be reviewed

The Lockerbie bomber may have abandoned a second appeal against his conviction because he thought it gave him a better chance of returning home to Libya.The theory has been put forward by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), which has accepted an "application for a full review" of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's conviction, to decide whether a fresh appeal can be made.Megrahi was jailed for 27 years after being convicted in 2001.