The trial of a Libyan man in connection with the Lockerbie bombing case has been postponed for a third time, just days before proceedings were expected to begin.
The delay follows the emergence of new evidence three days ago in the long-running case, which is now 37 years old. The development means the trial will not start as previously planned.
No further details about the nature of the new evidence were provided in the supplied material. The timing of its emergence, so close to the scheduled opening of the trial, has led to another postponement in proceedings.
The case remains one of the most closely watched legal matters linked to the Lockerbie bombing. The latest delay adds further uncertainty to the timetable for a trial that has already been deferred twice before.
The immediate position is that the trial has been postponed again, with the next steps dependent on how the newly identified evidence is handled by the court process.
