An appeal was lodged and a lengthy series of further court hearings was held during 1975. It was not until 2nd January 1976 that the final decision was made - the vessels could leave port once the owners had paid a fine for maintaining a radio ship inside Dutch territory after 31st August 1974 and a (returnable) deposit to guarantee that the ship would not be used to broadcast to Europe for a period of two years. The ships (with transmitter and radio equipment) were also ordered to leave Dutch territory within three months, but further legal arguments, claims and counter claims then ensued when Mebo Ltd. sought compensation for the harbour charges they had been obliged to pay during the Mebo II's detention in port.
Early in 1977, Mebo I (now renamed Angela)and Mebo II were sold to Libya. They arrived in Tripoli on 9th February 1977 and shortly afterwards Mebo II was renamed El Fatah, and Angela was renamed Almasira. El Fatah was then used by the Libyan Government to broadcast programmes of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation (SPLAJBC) and LBJ - Libyan Post-Revolution Broadcasting. This continued until 1984, when, with broadcasting equipment removed both ships were used as target practice by the Libyan Navy and were sunk in the Gulf of Sidra.
Mebo I (Angela) and Mebo II sail for Libya, January 1977
harges they had been obliged to pay during the 
