Lockerbie - A Father's Search for Justice: Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph with John McKay

Scotland, Non-Fiction, Justice

STV’s John Mackay welcomes co-authors Dr Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph to the Aye Write stage to discuss Lockerbie: A Father’s Search for Justice.

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Among the passengers was Dr Jim Swire’s beloved daughter, Flora. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until the day he died in 2012.

The book, inspiration for the recent Sky Original miniseries starring Colin Firth as Jim, takes us on Dr. Swire’s journey as his initial grief and loss become a campaign to uncover the truth behind not only a personal tragedy, but one of the modern world’s most shocking events.