Judges in the French city of Avignon have sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for aggravated rape after he drugged and abused his then wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and invited dozens of strangers to rape her...
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Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband jailed for 20 years in mass rape trial | BBC Newscast
Today, we discuss Gisèle Pelicot, whose ex-husband has been jailed for 20 years after drugging and raping her, and inviting dozens of strangers to also abuse her over nearly a decade. Dominique Pelicot, 72, was found...
After Pelicot verdicts: Is there a deeper problem in French society? | DW News
Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of the French woman at the center of a mass rape trial that has shocked the world, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. It’s the maximum term for his crimes in France. His 50 co...
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Guilty verdicts for all: What lessons from Mazan mass rape trial? • FRANCE 24 English
Guilty verdicts for all. A court in southern France sentencing Dominique Pelicot along with the fifty co-defendants he invited over the Internet into the family home to rape his drugged wife. The seventy two-year old...