John Ashton is a writer, researcher and TV producer. He has studied the Lockerbie case for 18 years and from 2006 to 2009 was a researcher with Megrahi’s legal team. His other books include What Everyone in Britain Should Know about Crime and Punishment (with David Wilson) , What Everyone in Britain Should Know about the Police (with David Wilson and Douglas Sharp), both published by Blackstone Press, and Megrahi: You Are My Jury – The Lockerbie Evidence, published by Birlinn (2012)