A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that blew up a Pan Am jet over Scotland in 1988 - killing 270 people - has been charged in a US court, and will not face the death penalty.
Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi, who allegedly worked as an intelligence agent for the regime of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was charged with "destruction of an aircraft resulting in death."
He faces three charges, including two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death, and a further count of destruction of a vehicle resulting in death.
Each of the charges are punishable by a sentence of up to life imprisonment, the death penalty or a fine of up to $250,000.
However, US prosecutors told the court they would not pursue the death penalty because it was not constitutionally available at the time of the bombing.
Masud was charged by the United States two years ago for the bombing, in which Americans made up a majority of the victims.
After arriving in the United States he was taken to a Justice Department facility in Alexandria, Virginia for initial processing, where his mug shot was taken.
Yesterday, Scottish prosecutors announced that he was in American hands, but provided no details how he had been transferred from Libya.
Mr Masud had previously been held in Libya for his alleged involvement in a 1986 attack on a Berlin nightclub.
Only one person has so far been convicted for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on 21 December, 1988, which remains the deadliest terror attack on British soil.
The New York-bound aircraft was blown up 38 minutes after it took off from London, sending the main fuselage plunging to the ground in the town of Lockerbie and spreading debris over a vast area.
The bombing killed 259 people including 190 Americans on board, and 11 people on the ground.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi spent seven years in a Scottish prison after his conviction in 2001.
He died in Libya in 2012, always maintaining his innocence.
