Singing Marsh family apologise for 'remarkably tasteless' Gisèle Pelicot parody of Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover and insist they weren't cashing on rape trial

A musical family-of-six has apologised after they released a 'remarkably tasteless' Gisèle Pelicot parody of Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, as critics attack them for trying to cash in on her rape trial. The musical Marsh family has apologised for its remarkably tasteless' and 'shameful'parody song exploring the Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial Their controversial song came just hours after Dominique Pelicot was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in jail for orchestrating and committing the mass rape of his now ex-wife, Gisele Pelicot The Marsh family took to X today to issue an apology Speaking today at the front door of the family's bricked semi-detached home on a small new-build estate near Faversham Dr Ben Marsh acknowledged that the family had taken down the controversial video. Dr Ben Marsh and his wife, Danielle, alongside their four children, presented their twist on Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover earlier this week Actor James Dreyfus, best known for playing Constable Kevin Goody in The Thin Blue Line, called the song 'remarkably tasteless and opportunistic' The song has sparked a torrent of comments from those who say it 'misses the mark' and is 'really really poor taste' A third wrote: 'Can you talk us through the mental process which led to you thinking a jaunty song about prolonged gang rape was a good idea at all, before you chose to then do it in the style of a song about lovers?' Dominique Pelicot, who has been dubbed 'The Monster of Avignon', was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in jail for orchestrating and committing the mass rape of his now ex-wife Firefighters, soldiers, lorry drivers, a DJ and a journalist were among those found guilty of raping and sexually abusing 72-year-old Gisele at the behest of her husband over the course of a decade at their home in Mazan, southern France - all without her knowledge The family also swapped out the names from the original song for those of the convicted men.