The two Libyans and the world wait for the ruling. The trial will be shorter than expected. The no case to answer submission made on behalf of Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah is rejected by the judges, partly on the basis of entries in the accused's diary. The whole process takes exactly an hour. Tight security rings the special courtroom at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands as the trial begins.
Relatives watch film of radar screens showing the plane disintegrate.
The full horror of the Lockerbie bombing is shown in this sequence of pictures, starting with the crash, going through to the response of Lockerbie people and the grief felt by relatives of the dead.