Gisele Pelicot case: France mass rape trial concludes with all 51 accused found guilty, ex-husband sentenced to 20 years – Firstpost
FirstpostLast month, prosecutors demanded the maximum possible sentence of 20 years for all the 51 men on charges of aggravated rape. Dominique Pelicot, Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband, admitted drugging his ex-wife Gisele Pelicot and hiring strangers online to rape her Dominique Pelicot, the French man, accused of raping her wife Gisele Pelicot with 50 other men has been found guilty of aggravated rape. A court on Thursday pronounced its verdict on the Pelicot mass rape trial and also convicted Dominique for making and distributing pictures and images of his ex-wife. Pelicot, 72, has admitted drugging his ex-wife Gisele Pelicot and hiring strangers online to rape her together. The court has also found Dominique guilty of the attempted aggravated rape of one of the co-accused in the Pelicot case, Jean Pierre Marechal’s wife Cillia.