HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 cc70-1W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made for his consideration of the Lockerbie case of the acquittal of Juval Avir; and what notification he has received from the US authorities in respect of Juval Avir's previous employment by international intelligence services. [11309]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Juval Aviv was acquitted after trial in the United States of defrauding the General Electric Capital Corporation in 1991. The jury's verdict in that matter has no bearing on the validity of the case against the two Libyan accused in respect of the Lockerbie bombing. It is our understanding that in 1990 the adviser for countering terrorism to the Prime Minister of Israel stated in response to an inquiry from the United States President commission on aviation security and terrorism that Juval Aviv does not work and has never worked for the Intelligence Community of the State of Israel. Furthermore, he has never been attached or connected to it.

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