and other world leaders. The former Libyan intelligence agent was sentenced to a minimum of 27 years in prison by a specially convened Scottish Court in The Netherlands in 2001, but he always proclaimed his innocence.
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Yet the fact that he lasted longer than Muammar Qaddafi raised hopes that Megrahi, a formerLibyanintelligenceagent, might be free to reveal more of the truth about Lockerbie.