The truth of who was behind the Lockerbie bombing will likely never be revealed, the father of one of the victims has told GB News.
On the 35th anniversary of the disaster, Reverend John Mosey said the evidence surrounding the destruction of the jumbo jet over the Scottish town was “too well hidden”.
Some 270 people were murdered when the Pan Am jet was blown out of the sky on the evening of 21 December 1988.
The Boeing 747 was heading from London to New York when a bomb detonated in the cargo hold, ripping the aircraft apart as it crossed into Scottish airspace.
The Boeing 747 was heading from London to New York when a bomb detonated in the cargo hold
PA
Reverend Mosey’s daughter Helga was onboard Pan Am flight 103, heading to the US to spend Christmas there with her boyfriend.
The 19-year-old was a highly talented musician, a member of the National Youth Orchestra, and a professional singer, who tutors said was destined to make a significant mark on the world of classical music.
Three and a half decades after her murder, John Mosey, like the other bereaved family members, still seeks justice but is increasingly pessimistic the perpetrators will ever be convicted.
British and US authorities have never given up the hunt for suspects though, and within weeks, a former Libyan intelligence agent is due to stand trial in the States, accused of constructing the device.
Helga Mosey and family
PA
It is alleged that Abu Agila Mohammed Massud, 71, confessed in a 2012 interview with a Libyan law enforcement officer to assembling the bomb that blew up the plane, according to an FBI affidavit.
Prosecutors claim he worked as an intelligence operative for the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi between 1973 and 2011.
Although many families of the US victims have welcomed the latest move, many other relatives like Rev Mosey, are less convinced.
“I think the truth is well hidden,” He said.
“Great efforts have been made to obfuscate and to hide the truth in different ways. So I doubt the truth will come out now.”
So far, only one person has been convicted of their part in the Lockerbie bombing.
WATCH HERE: GB News talks to Chris Vrenious about his brother Nick (pictured below).
Abdelbaset Al Megrahi was tried in a Scottish court, sitting in the Netherlands, alongside fellow Libyan Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah.
In 2001, Al Megrahi was found guilty of murder and spent seven years in a Scottish jail, before being released on compassionate grounds after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
He was flown back to Libya and continued to protest his innocence until his death in 2012.
Some of the bereaved families have become increasingly doubtful of the official narrative.
Rev Mosey told GB News “I came away from the original trial 85 per cent convinced this was a miscarriage of justice. I am now 99.9 per cent convinced.
“I had conversations with Megrahi on the telephone when he was in prison. I’m convinced that man was set up.”
He believes the Americans do not want the full truth to come out.
“There’s obviously something somewhere very dark and dirty, that the American government is terrified of their people finding out about. We have never wanted revenge but we do want the law to take its course.”
Aftermath of Lockerbie bombing
PA
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the arrest of Massud was “an important step forward in our mission to honour the victims and pursue justice on behalf of their loved ones.
“American and Scottish law enforcement have worked tirelessly to identify, find and bring to justice the perpetrators of this horrific attack.”
Thirty-five years on from the bombing of Flight 103, special services will be held today in Lockerbie and the US to remember the 270 people murdered on 21 December 1988, in the UK’s worst terrorist atrocity.