Gisele Pelicot rape trial reside: Verdicts for 51 defendants together with husband Dominique Pelicot due | EUROtoday

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Judges are set to ship their verdicts in a mass rape trial in opposition to 51 males involving Giséle Pelicot in a historic case that has profoundly shaken the nation over the previous a number of months.

Dominique Pelicot, the now ex-husband of the 72-year-old grandmother, is amongst these within the dock, who admitted that for years, he drugged his spouse so he and strangers may abuse her whereas he filmed it.

Pelicot, additionally 72, and the 49 different males had been tried within the southern French metropolis of Avignon for aggravated rape and tried rape and resist 20 years imprisonment if convicted.

Prosecutors requested that he get the utmost penalty and for sentences of 10-18 years for the others. They additionally requested a four-year jail time period for one more defendant who was tried for aggravated sexual assault.

Stretching over greater than three months, the trial galvanised campaigners in opposition to sexual violence and spurred requires more durable measures to stamp out rape tradition.

The proceedings will start at 9.30 a.m. (0830 GMT) on the Avignon courthouse.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/gisele-pelicot-rape-trial-verdict-live-husband-dominique-b2667002.html