Libya trial for Gaddafi’s son

Muammar Gaddafi’s son and former heir apparent Saif al-Islam will be put on trial inside Libya and there will be a verdict before mid-June, a Libyan official said last night.

The decision comes despite appeals by rights groups to hand him over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial.

A trial in the capital Tripoli would however mark a small step forward for the central government, which has been struggling to unify the country under its authority since Muammar Gaddafi’s capture and killing last year.