The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (pictured) is coming back to Scotland to clear his father’s name

The son of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is coming back to Scotland to clear his father’s name.

Khalid Al Megrahi, 31, insists a fresh appeal is imminent, despite previous failed attempts on behalf of the only man to be convicted of the 1988 atrocity, which killed 270 people.

He plans to move to Scotland from his home in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, together with his family. ‘Libya is like a jungle,’ he said. ‘I want to return to Scotland for justice.’

An appeal launched by campaigners collapsed last November. At the time, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) said it could not proceed without input from Megrahi’s family.

It would have been the third appeal against Megrahi’s 2001 conviction. He dropped the second appeal in 2009, while he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer.

Months later, he was allowed to return to Libya on ‘compassionate grounds’, where he lived for a further three years.

IT consultant Khalid, pictured, said: ‘I want to return to Scotland for the appeal. I love Scotland. I still keep in touch with some of the Scottish families.

We are fighting because we believe Scotland will give us justice. The people of the country have always been very friendly towards us.

‘We want justice, not just for our family, but also for the families of the victims. My family have been victims too.’

Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, in Scotland, in 1988 killing 270 people (pictured, wreckage of the plane after the atrocity)

Dr Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora in the bombing, said: ‘There is not a scrap of doubt in my mind that, if this appeal goes ahead, his conviction will be overturned.’

But other relatives of victims disagree. Speaking from her home in New Jersey, Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora, 20, died on Pan Am Flight 103, said: ‘For the Megrahis to call themselves victims, well, that is despicable. He was a mass murderer. To defend him is disgusting.’