**Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has denied any deal was done to secure the release of the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.**Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.
Megrahi has terminal cancer and is said not to have long to live.
In a TV interview with Al Jazeera Colonel Gaddafi said he now considers the matter closed and that there was no deal done.
He said: "This problem ended. It is not possible anymore to talk about clearing Libya or not - whatever happened, the problem is over.
“Abdelbasset was the only person who had the right to appeal to the European Court, but as I said because of his illness and release it seems that there is no need for an appeal.”
Asked about any deal over the release, Col Gaddafi said: “No, no, it is very clear, he had this illness and consequently they were compelled to release him because of this disease. There was no deal or anything else.”
He was interviewed in New York, where he has addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
Libya has formally accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing and has paid billions of dollars in compensation to families of the victims.
On Wednesday Col Gaddafi delivered a 94-minute speech to the General Assembly that touched on everything from the assassination of John F Kennedy to swine flu.
He also denounced the powers of the UN Security Council, which he said should be called the “Terror Council”.