€290m Aids fund may save death row medics

FAMILIES of Libyan children infected with Aids have accepted more than $400 million (€290m) in compensation, a move which could lead to a death sentence on six foreign medics being lifted.

The deal was confirmed yesterday by the charitable Gaddafi foundation, run by Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam.

The group’s director Salah Abdessalem said: “The families have accepted compensation in the order of $1m (€725,505) for each victim.”