Saif al-Islam, the most prominent son of Libya's slain leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced to death.
Muammar was sentenced on Tuesday along with other senior members of the former regime, overthrown in the 2011 war.
The trial started in April 2014 before fighting between rival factions resulted in a power struggle with two governments competing for authority.
Among those sentenced was The Abdullah Senussi, the former intelligence chief.
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| Muammar Gaddafi was found by fighters from the Zintan brigade trying to cross into Niger |
He was once tipped by Western governments to lead Libya towards democracy.
He was found by fighters from the Zintan brigade trying to cross into Niger just a month after his father Colonel Gaddafi was captured and killed.
Salah al-Bakkoush, a Tripoli-based political analyst, said he did not expect the rulings to have strong resonance in Libya.
"Libyans in general have so many problems right now that many were not even following the trial," he told Al Jazeera. "Those who participated in the struggle against the regime of Gaddafi will be following and will be happy."
The International Criminal Court and other human rights organisations worry about the fairness of Libya's justice system although the North African country won the right in 2013 to try Gaddafi's former spy chief at home instead of at the ICC in The Hague.
Saif al-Islam had appeared by video link in sessions at the start of trial but not later on.
The Zintanis have refused to hand him over, saying they do not trust Tripoli to ensure he would not escape, but had agreed before the trial to have him tried in a court there.
Gaddafi was killed in October 2011 after being captured by rebels during Libya's war. He had ruled Libya for four decades.
