Dr Swire is not seriously ill
Mrs Jane Swire said she had spoke to her husband and he was not seriously ill.
She said: ‘‘I have spoken to him and he’s okay. I think he got to court without eating anything properly and his blood sugar levels must have been too low. Coupled with the emotion of it all, it’s taken its toll. He’s okay, he’s out of hospital and hopefully he will take life a bit more quietly today.’’
Mrs Swire said they had accepted the verdict and she hoped the families could draw a line under the tragic event.
She added: ‘‘I am pleased it has come to a conclusion. I am sure there will be an appeal but we will just have to wait and see. I am sure Jim will want to look at other things which have not been talked about or covered by the trial, such as the failure of airport security. We knew that the trial was not going to cover these sort of things.’’
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is to give a statement on the Lockerbie verdicts to the House of Commons at 3.30pm today, and will make no comment until then, said the Foreign Office.
