Pan Am Flight 103 two Libyan nationals in November 1991. In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi handed over the two men for trial at Camp Zeist, Netherlands, after protracted negotiations and UN sanctions. In 2001, Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was jailed for life after being found guilty of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing. In August 2009, he was released by the Scottish Government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in May 2012 as the only person to be convicted for the attack. In 2003, Gaddafi accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing and paid compensation
Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton (1890–1967) was a Canadian painter known for her watercolours and woodblock prints. Newton was born in Leith, Scotland in 1890. From 1900 to 1905 she studied at Trinity Academy in Edinburgh. Newton emigrated with her family to Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. Her first artistic employment was illustrating for the T. Eaton Company. In 1916, Newton married Stanley Newton. After her marriage she returned to university, studying at the Winnipeg School of Art. Her teachers included Alexander J. Musgrove, LeMoine FitzGerald, Frank Johnston, and Walter J. Phillips. From 1930 through 1948 Newton exhibited