The procedural battle over whether or not a diary belonging to one of the two Libyans accused of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing could be admitted as evidence in court continued Tuesday.
Lawyers for the defense said the notebook belonging to Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah was seized by British police from the Malta offices of his company, Medtour Services, without a search warrant and therefore was not eligible as evidence.
Detective chief superintendent Henry Woods Bell told the court Friday that the police did not take out warrants when they went to the Mediterranean island looking for clues into the downing of Pan American Flight 103.
But he argued that Fhimah's business partner, Vincent Vasallo, had handed him the diary with a Maltese policeman present. Vasallo told the court Tuesday he was present but denied giving Bell the notebook.
No information has been given on the contents of the diary.
Fhimah and Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi have both pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges stemming from the December 21, 1988 bombing of the Pan Am plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in which all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground were killed.
The trial continues Wednesday -- CAMP ZEIST(AFP)
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