Timer linked to Libyan suspect

Camp Zeist - The owner of the Swiss manufacturer of a timer said to have been used in the Lockerbie bombing identified one of…

Camp Zeist - The owner of the Swiss manufacturer of a timer said to have been used in the Lockerbie bombing identified one of the Libyan accused yesterday as someone he had done business with.

Mr Erwin Meister, co-owner of Mebo Ltd, told the murder trial of Mr Abdel Basset alMegrahi and Mr Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima that he recognised Mr Megrahi from several meetings in Libya and Zurich before the 1988 bombing.

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