Campbell was senior counsel for the Crown ( prosecutor ) in the trial over the Lockerbie bombing at the Scottish Court in the Netherlands , under former Lord Advocate Lord Boyd of Duncansby , and alongside Alan Turnbull , also now a judge . Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was found guilty of the 270 murders , and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 . The conviction , though controversial , was upheld on appeal and the successful prosecution brought Campbell international prominence
Lockerbie bombing
Pan Am Flight 103
Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale