Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kwanakin da suka biyo bayan sakin da kuma dawowar babban mai suna zuwa Libya na Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi a watan Agustan 2009, hasashe game da yiwuwar shigar da gwamnatin Birtaniya a cikin shawarar da gwamnatin Scotland ta yanke don saki shi ya karu, musamman bayan Saif Gaddafi, dan shugaban Libya Colonel Gaddafi, ya ce an tattauna batun Megrahi a yayin tattaunawar kasuwanci tare da Birtaniya, kuma bayan da Colonel Gaddafi ya gode wa Brown don "ƙarfafawa" da saki. Wannan ya sa Downing Street ta tabbatar da cewa Brown ya tattauna yiwuwar sakin Gaddafi a yayin taron kolin G8
a Italiya a watan Yulin 2009, amma wata wasika da Brown ya aika wa shugaban Libya ta ce, "Lokacin da muka hadu na jaddada cewa, idan Gwamnatin Scotland ta yanke shawarar cewa Megrahi na iya komawa Libya, wannan ya kamata ya zama na sirri, na iyali".