The father of one of the Lockerbie bombing victims has visited the man convicted of the crime, Abdelbaset al Megrahi, and says he is convinced he is innocent.

Jim Swire travelled to a Libyan hospital where the 58-year-old Lockerbie bomber is being treated for terminal cancer.

After the meeting, Dr Swire said he was sure hat the real killers of his daughter and the 269 other victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 are still walking free.

Al Megrahi was convicted of the bombing in 2003, but was released last year on compassionate grounds after doctors concluded he had just three months to live.

Thirteen months later, he is still alive, upsetting most of the victims' families.