The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on 3 May 2000, 11 years, 4 months and 13 days after the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988. The 36-week trial took place at a specially convened Scottish Court in the Netherlands set up under Scots law and held at a disused United States Air Force base called Camp Zeist near Utrecht.
Read more about Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Trial: Pre-trial Hearings, Case, Proceedings (May 2000 – January 2001), Verdicts (January 2001), Appeal (January 2001 – March 2002), SCCRC Review (September 2003 – June 2007), Second Appeal (2007–2009), Release (2009), Statistics
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