Gaddafi son 'to face Libyan trial'

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.

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.

The decision comes despite appeals by rights groups to Libyan authorities to hand him over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial amid fears that he may not get a fair trial in Libya.

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