Letter: No surprise

The WikiLeaks exposure of the collusion of the UK and the US in connection with Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi's release is no surprise. The cancer diagnosis was a golden opportunity to have the appeal stopped with its new evidence of planted material used to convict Megrahi and Libya instead of Iran via Syria. Ironically, the political situation changed. Hence the green light for Scottish law to take its course.

By The Newsroom

Published 1st Feb 2011, 20:30 BST

Updated 1st Feb 2011, 20:45 BST

Ray Newton

Buckstone Way, Edinburgh