Lockerbie

/ ˈlɒkəbɪ /

noun

1. a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a jumbo jet was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town

Example Sentences

The Libyan accused of building the bomb that brought down an American airliner over Lockerbie 36 years ago has claimed he was forced into making a false confession.

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The only Lockerbie trial so far took place between May 2000 and January 2001, when three Scottish judges convicted Libyan intelligence agent Abdulbasset al-Megrahi of playing a key role in the plot.

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"The single, handwritten sheet began with an order that Mr Al-Marimi confess to the Lockerbie incident, as well as another terrorist attack," his defence lawyers claim.

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Relatives of people killed in the Lockerbie bombing are among those being asked to register with the FBI in order to remotely access next year's criminal trial of a Libyan man accused of carrying out the attack.

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Avanti West Coast said all lines were blocked between Lockerbie and Carstairs and services would be affected until 14:00.

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