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Supporters greet Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, holding a walking stick, in Tripoli last night as he leaves the aircraft that brought from Scotland with Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi, one of the Libyan leader's sons

The homecoming: Lockerbie bomber arrives in Tripoli

Dying of cancer, the only man to be jailed over the Lockerbie bombing was yesterday flown to Libya. An act of compassion? Or an insult to the 270 victims?

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