British Friend Of Megrahi: He Deserved Better  Abdelbaset al
Megrahi was a good friend of mine.  The last time I saw him was
at his house in Tripoli last December. I'm no doctor, but I
could see he had only a short time to live .  He lay on his bed
in very poor health and, while he was conscious, struggled to
speak.  He gave me a ceremonial waistcoat as a gift, a gesture
of kindness that was typical of the man.  But the waistcoat
wasn't all. Megrahi left me with his dying wish that I help to
continue the campaign that consumed him until his final breath -
the fight to clear his name.  He asked me to make contact with
Dr Jim Swire, the father of a girl who died in the Lockerbie
bombing, who believes in Megrahi's innocence .  He wanted us to
work together, with like-minded supporters, to try to overturn
his conviction. He insisted, as do we, that the whole case
against him was based on conjecture and planted evidence.  I
gave this innocent man my assurance that I would everything I
possibly could to pursue a po