Scottish government stands by advice to free Megrahi
The Scottish government is standing by the medical advice on which it released the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
It follows claims one cancer expert who gave Abdelbaset al-Megrahi a three-month prognosis last year has said he could survive for 10 years or more.
However, other newspaper reports said he was expected to die within weeks.
The newspaper reported Professor Sikora, dean of medicine at Buckingham University, had denied he came under any pressure from the Libyan authorities....
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It follows claims one cancer expert who gave Abdelbaset al-Megrahi a three-month prognosis last year has said he could survive for 10 years or more.
However, other newspaper reports said he was expected to die within weeks.
The newspaper reported Professor Sikora, dean of medicine at Buckingham University, had denied he came under any pressure from the Libyan authorities....