Key Lockerbie witness Tony Gauci dies in Malta

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Key Lockerbie witness Tony Gauci dies in Malta

A Maltese shopkeeper whose evidence helped convict Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi of the Lockerbie bombing has died, the BBC has learned.

Tony Gauci died in Malta of natural causes, a retired senior police officer involved the case told the BBC.

Gauci said he had sold Megrahi clothing found wrapped around the bomb which killed 270 people on board flight Pan Am 103, which was blown up in 1988.

Doubts have been raised about his reliability.

Megrahi maintained he was innocent until his death in 2012.

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