Abdullah al-Senussi was labelled the "the executioner" by the International Criminal Court, but for the families of his victims he will always be known as "the butcher". With the capture of Col. Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief and brother in law, it has ended the hunt for one of the most feared and obdurate men of one of the world's most repressive regimes.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor, wants him for his role in attempting to violently crush the Benghazi popular protests in February this year.
let the Libyans give him a LOT swifter justice
But Senussi's association with the worst excesses of the Libyan regime stretch back to the early days of Col. Gaddafi's dictatorial rule.
Most notorious for Libyans is the allegation that he gave the order for the massacre of 1,200 political inmates in Abu Salim prison in 1996.
After riots broke out over prisoner's demands for better food and sanitation, Libyans believe Senussi gave the order to guards stationed on the grated ceilings of the cells to fire, murdering the men inside.
"I was just taking orders"
"weren't you in charge?"
"Yes, but if I wasn't I would be getting those same orders from some other sadistic bastard"