Maalmihii ka dambeeyay sii deynta iyo dib u soo noqoshada Liibiya ee duulaanka Lockerbie Abdelbaset al-Megrahi bishii Ogosto 2009, mala-awaal ku saabsan ku lug lahaanshaha suurtagalka ah ee Dowladda UK ee go'aanka Dowladda Scottish si loo sii daayo isaga ayaa koray, gaar ahaan ka dib markii Saif Gaddafi, oo ah wiilka hoggaamiyaha Liibiya Kornayl Gaddafi, uu sheegay in kiiska Megrahi laga wada hadlay wadahadalada ganacsi ee UK, iyo ka dib markii Kornayl Gaddafi uu uga mahadceliyay Brown "dhiirigelinta" sii deynta. Downing Street waxay xaqiijisay in Brown uu ka wada hadlay sii deynta suurtagalka ah ee Qadaafi intii lagu jiray shirkii G8
Bishii Luulyo 2009, laakiin warqad uu Brown u diray hogaamiyaha Liibiya ayaa lagu yiri, "Markii aan kulannay waxaan ku adkeeyay in, haddii Dowladda Scottish-ka ay go'aansato in Megrahi uu ku laaban karo Liibiya, tani waa inay ahaato munaasabad gaar ah, qoys".