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Guilty verdicts reached in France's mass rape trial

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 20 Dec 2024, 10:06am
Gisele Pelicot gives a statement inside the courthouse next to her lawyer Stephane Babonneau (R) after a verdict in the Pelicot case on December 19, 2024 in Avignon, France. (Photo by Julien Goldstein/Getty Images)
Gisele Pelicot gives a statement inside the courthouse next to her lawyer Stephane Babonneau (R) after a verdict in the Pelicot case on December 19, 2024 in Avignon, France. (Photo by Julien Goldstein/Getty Images)

Guilty verdicts reached in France's mass rape trial

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 20 Dec 2024, 10:06am

Guilty verdicts have been reached in France's mass rape trial.  

Dominique Pelicot's been jailed for 20 years after drugging and raping his wife Gisele and inviting dozens of strangers to do the same for over nearly a decade.  

He was also found guilty of taking indecent images of his daughter and his two daughters-in-law.  

Of the other 50 men on trial, 46 were found guilty of rape, two of attempted rape, and two of sexual assault. 

Europe Correspondent Vincent McAviney told Andrew Dickens that there’s been some disappointment around the sentences for the other men, as they received sentences of between 5 and 8 years.  

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