Lockerbie bomber release 'imminent'

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is expected to be released next week, the BBC understands.

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, has been serving his jail sentence at Greenock Prison.

David Ben Ari, who advises some of the families of those killed in the incident, said the groundwork leading up to such a decision would not have been undertaken lightly.