'Rape chat' groups with 70,000 members discussing how they have raped their sisters and mothers, offering their wives to be sexually abused and sharing 'advice' is uncovered

An investigation has uncovered multiple 'rape chats' where thousands of men discuss how to rape and sexually assault women including their own mothers and sisters. The groups, which have up to 70,000 members from a variety countries, meet on the encrypted messaging app Telegram to share pictures and even live videos of sexual abuse. The revelation comes on the final day of the Avignon mass rape trails in France which has seen Dominque Pelicot - alongside 50 other men - handed jail sentences for drugging, raping and sexual abusing Pelicot's now ex-wife Gisele Pelicot. The groups, which have up to 70,000 members from a variety countries, meet on the encrypted messaging app Telegram to share pictures and even live videos of sexual abuse Gisele Pelicot is seen entering the courtroom moments before the verdicts were delivered Dominique Pelicot is seen arriving at court in the back of a police car earlier this week The trial is France's worst-ever sexual abuse case and has seen firefighters, soldiers, lorry drivers, a DJ and a journalist among those found guilty of raping 71-year-old Gisele at the behest of her husband Dominique over the course of a decade - all without her knowledge. This court sketch depicts her looking at her husband One of the defendants arrives at the courthouse in Avignon ahead of the verdicts being delivered in the Mazan rape trial In a statement, Telegram told MailOnline:' Content that encourages sexual violence is explicitly forbidden by Telegram's terms of service.