The US court has pushed the start of the Lockerbie bombing trial further into the future. New evidence has come to light in the 37‑year‑old case, forcing the jury selection to be delayed again.
Al‑Marimi’s lawyers announced that material from the US government was revealed on 21 August, which could change the prosecution’s case. The suspect, a Libyan man accused of building the bomb that broke Pan Am flight 103 down in 1988, says he had no role in the attack.
The judge, Dabney Friedrich, agreed to cancel the original date and set a new trial for January 2026. "The new evidence is significant," he said, noting that the court needed time for a complete review.
Families of the 259 victims say the delay is hard to accept. They’re already waiting for decades, and a further postponement delays justice even more.
The Lockerbie case has a long history. It began when the plane burst into flames over Scotland in 1988, killing everyone on board and 11 people on the ground. The investigation has involved the US, UK, and Scotland, and remains one of the country’s most complex legal cases.
