Cika wannan jumla: A cikin kwanakin da suka biyo bayan sakin da kuma dawowar babban dan wasan Lockerbie mai suna Abdelbaset al-Megrahi zuwa Libya a watan Agustan 2009, hasashe game da yiwuwar shigar da gwamnatin Birtaniya a cikin shawarar da gwamnatin Scotland ta yanke na sakin shi ya karu, musamman bayan Saif Gaddafi, dan shugaban Libya Kanar Gaddafi, ya ce an tattauna batun Megrahi a yayin tattaunawar kasuwanci da Birtaniya, kuma bayan Kanar Gaddafi ya gode wa Brown don "karfafawa" sakin. Wannan ya sa Downing Street ya tabbatar da cewa Brown ya tattauna yiwuwar saki tare da Gaddafi a lokacin
Babban taron 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".