A Libyan government front man has been reported saying that Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor, one of the four ICC personnel tossed in the clinkPlease don't kill me!
in the town of Zintan last week after visiting Seif al-Islam could be freed if she were to lead the Libyan authorities to Qadaffy's former henchman, who is a key former regime figure linked to Seif.
She is currently held in "preventative detention" for allegedly trying to hand the son of the former Libyan dictator a coded letter from Mohammed Ismail.
Ms Taylor was in the town, where Seif is being held, with an International Criminal Court
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team to meet Seif ahead of his upcoming war crimes trial, but Libyan government front man Mohamad Al-Hereizi says they believe that the Australian lawyer knows where Mohammed Ismail is hiding.
Mr al-Heriezi said authorities who searched Ms Taylor found GPS coordinates that they believe are linked to Ismail. He has now been was quoted telling ABC's AM programme that if they would let her go if she tells them where Mohammed Ismail is.
"She has paper from him. That means she see him. I don't know where. She saw him. Yes. We want this guy. It's very important to catch this guy because this guy is very, very, very dangerous for us," Mr al-Hereizi said.
Asked by AM whether he thought Ms Taylor understands how important Ismaili is to Libya, he replied that she knows, then added: "We don't have anything against this woman. Just we need some information from her, after that she will be free."
Overnight the ICC demanded her immediate release, along with that of the other three members of the ICC team. But Libyan officials say Ms Taylor and the three other ICC staffers have been put in what they describe as "preventive detention" for 45 days while they are investigated.