Gisele Pelicot makes emotional statement after watching her sobbing husband jailed alongside fellow rapists - as daughter screams 'you will die like a dog'
Daily MailGisele Pelicot has given a powerful statement after the jailing of her depraved husband and his rapist accomplices, saying she has 'never regretted' her decision to waive her anonymity and that she did so to reveal to the world what they had done. Gisele Pelicot talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused Gisele Pelicot is seen entering the courtroom moments before the verdicts were delivered David Pelicot, one of Gisele's two sons, is seen giving a thumbs up as he takes a phone call outside the courthouse after his father was given the maximum sentence of 20 years in jail Dominique Pelicot is seen leaving court after being found guilty of all the charges and handed the maximum 20 year prison sentence Gisele Pelicot smiled as she was applauded by crowds outside the courthouse in Avignon this morning, ahead of the verdicts being delivered This court-sketch depicts Gisele Pelicot during the hearing of the verdicts Pelicot's lawyer Beatrice Zavarro said her client was 'stunned' at the judges' decision to hand him the maximum sentence The Pelicots' youngest son Florian and daughter Caroline Darian speak inside the courthouse One of the defendants arrives at the courthouse in Avignon ahead of the verdicts being delivered in the Mazan rape trial Speaking outside court after the sentences were handed down, Pelicot's lawyer Beatrice Zavarro said her client was 'stunned' at the judges' decision to hand him the maximum sentence, as well as the suggestion that he could be kept in longer if he was still considered a security threat. Also guilty of the attempted aggravated rape of the wife of one of the co-accused, Jean Pierre Marechal, Cillia, and taking indecent images of his daughter and his daughters-in-law Charlie Arbo, guilty of aggravated rape of Gisèle Pelicot Christian Lescole, guilty of aggravated rape Cyrille Delville, guilty of aggravated rape Fabien Rocca, guilty of aggravated rape Jacques Cubeau, guilty of aggravated rape Nicolas Francois, guilty of aggravated rape and child pornography possession Lionel Rodriguez, guilty of aggravated rape Simone Mekenese, guilt of aggravated rape Thierry Parisis, guilty of aggravated of rape and administering substances Patrice Nicolle, guilty of aggravated rape and administring Cyprien Cuveras, guilty of aggravated rape Matthieu Dartus, guilty of aggravated rape Quentin Hennebert guilty of aggravated rape Cyril Beaubis, guilty of aggravated rape Philippe Leleu, guilty of aggravated rape Nazir Hamida, guilty of aggravated rape Boris Moulin, guilty of aggravated rape, not disseminating substances Dominic Davies, is guilty of aggravated rape Jerome Vilela, guilty of aggravated rape Didier Sambuchi, guilty of aggravated rape Jean-Luc La, guilty of aggravated rape Fabien Sotton, guilty of aggravated rape Karim Sebaoui, guilty of aggravated rape and possessing child pornography Redouane Azougagh, guilty of aggravated rape Mohamed Kawai, guilty of aggravated rape Jean-Marc Leloup, guilty of aggravated rape Andy Rodriguez, guilty of attempted penetration, gang rape and administering substances Vincent Couillet, guilty of aggravated gang rape Adrien Longeron, guilty of aggravated rape Thierry Postat, guilty of aggravated rape and possessing child pornography Hugues Malago, guilty of attempted gang rape of Gisèle Pelicot Ahmed Tbarik, guilty of aggravated gang rape Paul Grovogui, guilty of aggravated rape Omar Douiri, guilty of aggravated gang rape Husamettin Dogan, guilty of aggravated rape aggravated by being in a gang and administering substances Mahdi Daoudi, guilty of aggravated rape by being in a gang and administering substances Romain Vandevelde, guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang and administering substances Joseph Cocco, declared guilty of sexual molestation aggravated by being in a gang Hassan Ouamou, who remains on the run, was found guilty in his absence of rape aggravated by being in a gang Redouane El Farihi, found guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang and administering substances Saifeddine Ghabi, found not guilty of rape and attempted rape but found guilty of sexual molestation aggravated by being in a gang. Acquitted of criminal charges Jean Tirano, found guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang and administering substances Mohamed Rafaa, guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang and administering substances Patrick Aron found guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang Abdelali Dalal found guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang Gregory Serviol guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang on Gisèle Pelicot Cedric Grassot found guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang and possessing child pornography Cendric Venzin guilty of rape aggravated by being in a gang on Gisèle Pelicot Each of the defendants is allowed to bring one relative into the court to learn their fate. Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, arrives at court with her lawyers Some 180 journalists from across France and the globe queued outside the Avignon Criminal Court before dawn this morning to hear the verdicts A man holds a placard which reads 'So that shame changes sides' in front of the courthouse ahead of the verdict Gisele Pelicot was cheered by crowds as she arrived at court in Avignon ahead of the verdicts Caroline Darian and David Pelicot, the children of Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot, arrive to witness the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused Florian Pelicot, the youngest of the Pelicots' three children, arrives at the courthouse in Avignon to hear the verdict in his father's trial Gisele Pelicot, 72, held her head high as she heard and watched films taken by her husband of 50 years in which she was abused some 200 times by strangers he had invited into their home A courtroom sketch shows presiding judge Roger Arata, public prosecutor Jean-Francois Mayet and defendant Dominique Pelicot in front of many of his co-defendants The Pelicot home in the village of Mazan, now known as the house of horrors Her abusers, most from within a 50-mile radius of the Pelicots' home, were seemingly ordinary men from all walks of life.