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"Right from day one we felt that we wanted to try and force something good to come out of something so evil as this.

"In the early years that took the form of hoping to improve relations between Libya and Britain and that did seem to be working."

He was speaking as a poll for the Sunday Times showed 48 per cent of 1,121 adults questioned in the UK said Megrahi should resume his sentence in a Scottish prison as the two-year anniversary of his release looms.

A total of 32 per cent said he should resume his sentence in a Libyan prison and 65 per cent believe he was guilty of the bombing, according to the survey by Panelbase.

Terminally-ill Megrahi has also reportedly seen a further development in his cancer.

A Libyan government official told the Mail on Sunday: "His health has taken another turn for the worse after doctors discovered a growth on his neck.

"For the cancer to reach a part of the body so far away from the prostate confirms that Brother Megrahi's body is now ravaged by the disease."