Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s reformist son is trying to use the homecoming of the Lockerbie bomber to boost his waning prestige.

Libya will not pay compensation to the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives.

Gordon Brown said on Wednesday his government had put no pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbie bomber to improve trade links with Libya.

White House seethes at triumphalist scenes on return of freed man to Libya, while Scottish and United Kingdom governments clash.

Moammar Gadaffi was shown on Saturday embracing a former agent who was released by Scotland from a life sentence for the Lockerbie bombing.