UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced on Thursday she will not appeal last month's ruling by judges at the Hague-based court that Libya is free to try Abdullah al-Senussi, former leader Muammar Gaddafi's spy chief.
The judges said on October 11 that since Libya was able and willing to give Senussi, head of intelligence when Libya's late ruler Gaddafi was in power, a fair trial on charges that were similar to the ICC's, there was no need to transfer him to the ICC's custody. Senussi's lawyers have said they will appeal.
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