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Lockerbie bomber to drop appeal as cabinet meets in Aberdeen
Lawyers for the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing are due in court as they bid to abandon his second appeal against his conviction for the 1988 atrocity.
It's a move which must be made for Abdel Baset Al Megrachi to get an early release from jail on compassionate grounds, as he battles terminal cancer.
The final decision rests with the justice secretary, who'll update his fellow ministers at a cabinet meeting in Aberdeen this morning...
