'Low-ranking airline worker' al-Megrahi had 1.8 million pounds in Swiss bank account before Lockerbie bomb conviction

The Lockerbie bomber had a secret fortune of nearly £2million in a Swiss bank account before his conviction eight years ago, it was revealed yesterday.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was said by the Libyan government to be a low-ranking airline worker.

Yet he had a bank balance of £1.8million when he was found guilty of the murder of 270 people in the Pan Am bombing, which happened above the Scottish town of Lockerbie 21 years ago today.