00:00all two hundred and fifty nine passengers and crew and eleven people on the ground were killed when pan am
00:07flight one o three exploded thirty one thousand feet above lockaby in scotland thirty eight minutes into its flight from
00:15london to new york
00:17the federal prosecution of abu alia masoud over the attack is now due to get underway on the 11th of
00:25january in washington dc after the judge ordered a delay last week citing the disclosure of new evidence that defense
00:34lawyers wanted to examine the last minute hold up just as jury selection was set to begin sparked concern within
00:42the victims of pan am flight one o three group
00:45given the elderly age of many of the bereaved relatives the nature of the newly discovered evidence has not been
00:53revealed masoud's legal team say the disclosure was made at short notice and that their constitutional and ethical obligations require
01:02the defense to investigate the development the defendant who is now in his mid-seventies is charged with two counts
01:10of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death
01:13he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted former libyan intelligence officer abdel basset al migrahi is
01:23the only person convicted in connection with the bombing after being found guilty of two hundred and seventy counts of
01:29murder
