Lamin Khalifah Fhimah

Lamin Khalifah Fhimah
الأمين خليفة فحيمة
Fhimah in 1988
Born (1956-04-04) 4 April 1956 (age 68)
Occupation(s)Station manager, Libyan Arab Airlines, Luqa Airport, Malta
ChildrenFive

Lamin Khalifah Fhimah (Arabic: الأمين خليفة فحيمة, al-Amīn Khalīfah Faḥīmah; born 4 April 1956) is a former station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines at Luqa Airport, Malta. On 31 January 2001, he was acquitted of 270 counts of murder in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist, Netherlands,[1] in light of evidence that he was in Sweden at the time of the bombing and therefore could not have been a participant. His co-accused, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was found guilty by unanimous decision of the court and sentenced to life imprisonment, but later released on compassionate grounds, having always maintained his innocence.

Fhimah was born and lives in Souq al Jum'aa, near Tripoli, Libya, with his wife and five children.

  1. ^ Fhimah was found "not guilty" Verdict of the Scottish Court in the Netherlands