51 men are awaiting verdicts in a French court for their alleged involvement in a horrifying case of mass rape. Dominique Pelicot is accused of drugging and raping his ex-wife over a decade, inviting numerous men to join in the abuse.
Judges in France are to hand down verdicts today on 51 men in a mass rape trial that has horrified the country. Dominique Pelicot, 72, is accused of drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her over nearly a decade. He is on trial with 50 other men, the majority of whom deny charges of rape.
The ordeal inflicted over nearly a decade on Gisèle Pelicot in what she thought was a loving marriage, and her courage during the trial has transformed the retired power company worker into a feminist hero of the nation. Pelicot, 72, who has failing health, has accepted that he will die behind bars, with his daughter yelling at him during the trial: 'You will die alone like a dog and caught out in lies!' Her trial galvanised campaigners against sexual violence and spurred calls for tougher measures to stamp out rape culture. Read more: Schoolgirl 'blackmailed into having sex with male student' on out of control skiing trip, as headteacher banned Read more: Starmer under fire from Labour backbenches after government rejects call for Waspi women payouts Dominique Pelicot, also 72, and 49 other men were tried in the southern French city of Avignon for aggravated rape and attempted rape - and face up to 20 years' imprisonment if convicted. Prosecutors have asked that he gets the maximum penalty and for sentences of 10-18 years for the others. They also requested a four-year prison term for another defendant who was tried for aggravated sexual assault. The 51 men were all accused of having taken part in Dominique Pelicot's sordid rape and abuse fantasies that were acted out in the couple's retirement home in the small Provence town of Mazan and elsewhere. Dominique Pelicot testified that he hid tranquilisers in food and drink that he gave his then-wife, knocking her out so profoundly that he could do what he wanted to her for hours
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