They relate to the identification process and other evidence the prosecution had used to link Megrahi to the bombing in the original trial held at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands in 2001.

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These include the way in which identification evidence was obtained from a Maltese shopkeeper, Tony Gauci.

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The judge ruled that identification evidence from Duwayne Brooks, a friend of Stephen's, was inadmissible.

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They also include what the defence papers describe as "significant failures" by the Crown to disclose information about the identification evidence and about Mr Gauci.

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