In September 2009 , the convicted Lockerbie bomber , Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds . The Daily Telegraph revealed that Sikora was one of three different doctors hired by the Libyan government to report to them about Megrahi 's condition . Sikora 's report concluded that Megrahi had only 3 months to live due to terminal prostate cancer . In fact , Megrahi died on 20 May 2012 , two years and 9 months after his release . Sikora has since admitted that the " 3 months " timescale was suggested to him by the Libyans . According to the Daily Telegraph , this was not the first time that Sikora had been economical with the truth . Sikora 's medical diagnosis was not used by the Scottish Justice Minister since it had been paid for by Libya , but his diagnosis did agree with the medical evidence that '' was '' used . Once released , Megrahi returned to Libya and far outlived the 3-month prognosis . In July 2010 , in an interview with the Sunday Times , Sikora said that " it was 'em barrassing ' that Megrahi has lived much longer than expected . " and " There was always a chance he could live for ten years , 20 years . . . But it 's very unusual . " This quote was then used first by the UK press and then by a group of USA Senators to undermine the Scottish decision to release Megrahi on compassionate grounds , and then to link the release instead with BP contracts in Libya . In reply , the Scottish Government stated categorically that Sikora 's medical opinion was not used by the Scottish Justice Minister . Sikora has since complained about the way journalists have reported his views and stated that there was probably a less than 1 % chance of Megrahi living 10 years
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