Pelicot sentenced to twenty years for the rapes of his spouse Gisèle | EUROtoday

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Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to the utmost sentence, 20 years in jail, for the aggravated rapes towards his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot, within the Mazan rape trial which ends right now, Thursday 19 December, in Avignon. The sentences are awaited for the opposite fifty defendants, accused of raping the girl at her husband’s invitation.

“Mr Pelicot, you are found guilty of aggravated rape on the person of Gisèle Pelicot,” declared the president of the Vaucluse felony courtroom, Roger Arata. Dominique Pelicot, 72 years previous, stood up and listened to the choose attentively, however with out expressing specific feelings. He can also be discovered responsible of gathering photographs of his spouse and daughter with out their data. The entire household is current this morning within the courtroom on the Palace of Justice in Avignon.