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| Lockerbie bomber withdraws appeal | Lockerbie bomber withdraws appeal |
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| The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has applied to abandon his second appeal against his conviction, his lawyers have said. | The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has applied to abandon his second appeal against his conviction, his lawyers have said. |
| The news comes after the BBC reported that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi looked set to be freed on compassionate grounds next week. | The news comes after the BBC reported that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi looked set to be freed on compassionate grounds next week. |
| The Libyan, who has terminal cancer, is serving a life sentence for the murder of 270 people in December 1988. | |
| Lawyers said his condition had taken a "significant turn for the worse". | |
| They said he had applied to the High Court in Edinburgh two days ago to abandon his appeal against conviction. | |
| A spokesman for the legal firm Taylor and Kelly said: "As the appeal hearing has commenced... leave of the court is required before the appeal can be formally abandoned." |