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APPEALS Megrahi's appeal against his conviction was refused on March 14 , 2002 by a panel of five Scottish Judges at Camp Zeist . On November 24 , 2003 Megrahi appeared at the High Court in Glasgow , in front of the three Judges who originally sentenced him at Camp Zeist, to learn that he would have to serve at least 27 years in jail – back-dated to April 1999 when he was extradited from Libya – before he could be considered for Parole . This court hearing was the result of the incorporation into Scots Law of the European Convention Of Human Rights in 2001, nine months after Megrahi's sentence was imposed, which required him to be told the extent of the "punishment part" of his life term . On May 31 , 2004 he was granted leave to appeal against his 27-year sentence. {Link without Title} On September 23 , 2003 lawyers acting for Megrahi applied to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) for a review of the case (both sentence and conviction), arguing that there had been a Miscarriage Of Justice . The SCCRC is expected to decide in the first half of 2006 on whether to refer Megrahi's case back to the High Court Of Justiciary for a fresh appeal. In an interview with ''The Scotsman'' newspaper of January 31 , 2006 , retired Scottish Judge Ranald MacLean – one of the three who convicted Megrahi in 2001 – said he believed the SCCRC would return the case for a further appeal: "They can't be working for two years without producing something with which to go to the court." MacLean added that any new appeal would indicate the flexibility of Scots law, rather than a weakness: "It might even be the strength of the system – it is capable of looking at itself subsequently and determining a ground for appeal." BACKGROUND Megrahi was first and the imposition of United Nations Economic Sanctions against Libya eventually brought the two accused to trial in a neutral country (see Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Trial ). FAMILY He is married to Aisha, and has four sons, including Khaleb who attended the trial, and a daughter, Ghada. According to British newspaper articles published during his trial, he was born in Tripoli , and was educated in the United States and the United Kingdom . REFERENCES
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