Tony Gauci (6 April 1944 – 29 October 2016) was the proprietor of Mary's House, a clothes shop in Sliema, Malta,[1] who was a witness in the prosecution of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in relation to the Lockerbie Bombing.[2]
According to evidence given at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in 2000, Gauci sold clothing that was found among the wreckage, and determined by investigators to have been in the same suitcase as the improvised explosive device (IED) that brought the aircraft down.[3] Gauci's account as a witness linked Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi directly to the explosion, and was therefore important in the conviction of Megrahi on 31 January 2001.[4] Gauci died on 29 October 2016, in Swieqi, Malta at the age of 75.[5]
- ^ Vella, Matthew (2013), "Lockerbie reward payouts for Toni Gauci above board says chief investigator", Malta Today; accessed 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Sliema: Mary's House in Tower Road", MALTA SITES RELATED TO THE LOCKERBIE CASE, October 2016.Malta Media Productions, 2000.
- ^ Oliver, Mark (31 January 2001). "Lockerbie: the crucial evidence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Key Lockerbie witness dies in Malta". 29 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Ltd, Allied Newspapers (29 October 2016). "Maltese man who determined Lockerbie bombing trial dies". Retrieved 1 November 2016.