Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisele Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence for his charges, 20 years in prison.

France Mass Rape Trial: Court Convicts Husband Dominique Pelicot

Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisele Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence for his charges, 20 years in prison. 

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<p>Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot.</p></p>
<p>The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his charges. He had been accused of repeatedly raping and enlisting strangers to abuse his heavily sedated wife for over a decade.</p>
<p>Pelicot was also found 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, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine.</p>
<p>As the verdict was announced, Dominique bent down and started crying in court.</p>
<p><strong>Watch: France: Mass rape shocks nation, support pours in for survivor Gisele</strong></p>

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<p>Apart from Dominique, all 50 other men have also been found guilty of the charges against them, including some who pleaded not guilty. However, some of them were given shorter sentence periods than what was asked by the prosecutors. </p>
<p>For instance, Jacques C. has been awarded a 5-year suspended prison sentence, allowing him to walk free today itself. As the judges read out the judgment, some gasps could be heard inside the courtroom. </p>
<p>Cyrille D, Lionel R and Boris M were given just eight years behind bars, although the prosecutors had asked for a 12-year jail term. Another defendant, named Redouan A. was found guilty, but the judge reduced his sentence owing to his diagnosis as schizophrenic.</p>
<p><strong>Also read: <a data-ved="2ahUKEwjU8qqDzrOKAxWpTmwGHRSrFnMQxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE" href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-case-accused-man-a-father-of-three-admits-to-sexual-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-760285" jsname="YKoRaf" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-case-accused-man-a-father-of-three-admits-to-sexual-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-760285&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjU8qqDzrOKAxWpTmwGHRSrFnMQxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE">France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot</a></strong></p>
<p>At least five of the accused won't be sent to prison immediately owing to their bad health. “Several of the convicted men will not be taken to prison immediately because of their health. A few more days of freedom while we find a suitable prison,” Presiding Judge Roger Arata said.</p>
<p>On the other hand, some of the accused were given harsher sentences spanning over a decade. Romain V., who visited the Pelicot house six times, was awarded a 15-year prison sentence. Charly A., who also visited six times, was given 13 years.</p>
<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Pelicot has also been found 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, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine.



Paris Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his charges. He had been accused of repeatedly raping and enlisting strangers to abuse his heavily sedated wife for over a decade. Pelicot was also found 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, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine. As the verdict was announced, Dominique bent down and started crying in court. Watch: France: Mass rape shocks nation, support pours in for survivor Gisele × Apart from Dominique, all 50 other men have also been found guilty of the charges against them, including some who pleaded not guilty. However, some of them were given shorter sentence periods than what was asked by the prosecutors. For instance, Jacques C. has been awarded a 5-year suspended prison sentence, allowing him to walk free today itself. As the judges read out the judgment, some gasps could be heard inside the courtroom. Cyrille D, Lionel R and Boris M were given just eight years behind bars, although the prosecutors had asked for a 12-year jail term. Another defendant, named Redouan A. was found guilty, but the judge reduced his sentence owing to his diagnosis as schizophrenic. Also read: France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot At least five of the accused won't be sent to prison immediately owing to their bad health. “Several of the convicted men will not be taken to prison immediately because of their health. A few more days of freedom while we find a suitable prison,” Presiding Judge Roger Arata said. On the other hand, some of the accused were given harsher sentences spanning over a decade. Romain V., who visited the Pelicot house six times, was awarded a 15-year prison sentence. Charly A., who also visited six times, was given 13 years. (With inputs from agencies)

France mass rape trial: Dominique Pelicot found guilty, sentenced to 20 years in prison

<p>Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot.</p>

<p>The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of&nbsp;20 years in prison for his charges. He had been accused of&nbsp;repeatedly raping and enlisting strangers to abuse his heavily sedated wife for over a decade.</p>

<p>Pelicot was also found 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, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine.</p>

<p>As the verdict was announced,&nbsp;Dominique&nbsp;bent down and started&nbsp;crying in court.</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;France: Mass rape shocks nation, support pours in for survivor Gisele</strong><br />
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<p>Apart from Dominique, all 50&nbsp;other men&nbsp;have also been&nbsp;found guilty of the charges against them, including some who pleaded not guilty. However, some of them were given shorter sentence periods than what was asked by the prosecutors.&nbsp;</p>

<p>For instance, Jacques C. has been awarded a 5-year suspended prison sentence, allowing him to walk free today itself. As the judges read out the judgment, some gasps could be heard inside the courtroom.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Cyrille D, Lionel R and Boris M were given just eight years behind bars, although the prosecutors had asked for a 12-year jail term. Another defendant, named Redouan A. was found guilty, but the judge reduced his sentence owing to his diagnosis as schizophrenic.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a data-ved="2ahUKEwjU8qqDzrOKAxWpTmwGHRSrFnMQxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE" href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-case-accused-man-a-father-of-three-admits-to-sexual-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-760285" jsname="YKoRaf" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-case-accused-man-a-father-of-three-admits-to-sexual-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-760285&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjU8qqDzrOKAxWpTmwGHRSrFnMQxfQBKAB6BAgHEAE">France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot</a></strong></p>

<p>At least five of the accused won't be sent to prison immediately owing to their bad health. “Several of the convicted men will not be taken to prison immediately because of their health. A few more days of freedom while we find a suitable prison,” Presiding Judge Roger Arata said.</p>

<p>On the other hand, some of the accused were given harsher sentences spanning over a decade. Romain V., who visited the Pelicot house six times, was awarded a 15-year prison sentence. Charly A., who also visited six times, was given 13 years.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his charges.

Dominique Pelicot was found guilty by a French court of five judges on Thursday (Dec 19) of drugging and the mass rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot. The 72-year-old man has been handed the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his charges. He had been accused of repeatedly raping and enlisting strangers to abuse his heavily sedated wife for over a decade. Pelicot was also found 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, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine. As the verdict was announced, Dominique bent down and started crying in court. Watch: France: Mass rape shocks nation, support pours in for survivor Gisele × Apart from Dominique, all 50 other men have also been found guilty of the charges against them, including some who pleaded not guilty. However, some of them were given shorter sentence periods than what was asked by the prosecutors. For instance, Jacques C. has been awarded a 5-year suspended prison sentence, allowing him to walk free today itself. As the judges read out the judgment, some gasps could be heard inside the courtroom. Cyrille D, Lionel R and Boris M were given just eight years behind bars, although the prosecutors had asked for a 12-year jail term. Another defendant, named Redouan A. was found guilty, but the judge reduced his sentence owing to his diagnosis as schizophrenic. Also read: France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot At least five of the accused won't be sent to prison immediately owing to their bad health. “Several of the convicted men will not be taken to prison immediately because of their health. A few more days of freedom while we find a suitable prison,” Presiding Judge Roger Arata said. On the other hand, some of the accused were given harsher sentences spanning over a decade. Romain V., who visited the Pelicot house six times, was awarded a 15-year prison sentence. Charly A., who also visited six times, was given 13 years. (With inputs from agencies)

<p>Thousands of people took to the streets in major French cities against violence targeting women as the case of a 71-year-old woman came in limelight this year, who was raped by nearly 50 men for years.&nbsp;</p>

<p>France mass rape trial entered the final stage this week. In the coming week, the prosecutors will ask the court in the southern city of Avignon to sentence 51 men, including the one who drugged his wife for over a decade and dozens of others who accepted his invitations to abuse her at their home.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"The more of us there are, the more visible we are, this is everyone's business, not just women," Peggy Plou, a local elected official from the Indre-et-Loire region in western France who had made the trip to Paris, said during the protest.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Thousands of people marched in Paris, mainly women but including some men and children too.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-trial-enters-final-stage-victim-gisele-says-society-must-change-way-it-looks-at-rape-777394"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;France mass rape trial enters final stage, victim Gisele says society must change way it looks at rape</strong></a></p>

<p>Moreover, hundreds of strong demonstrations were also held in other major cities of France including Marseille in the south, Lille in the northeast, and Rennes in the northwest.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Many of the protesters were seen carrying signs with the slogan "Shame must switch sides", which was popularised by the plaintiff in the Avignon trial, Gisele Pelicot.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The France mass rape horror has turned Gisèle into a feminist icon as she refused to keep the trial private and went ahead with opening it to the public to raise awareness.</p>

<p>"A law about consent must be put in place very quickly. Just because someone doesn't say something, doesn't mean that they agree" to sexual contact, said Marie-Claire Abiker, a retired nurse marching in Paris, AFP reported.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;France: Gisele Pelicot Narrates Her Harrowing Tale In Court</strong></p>

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<p>Amy Bah, a member of the NousToutes (all of us women) feminist group protesting in Lille, said that in 2018, there were basically only women demonstrating. However, today, there is 30 per cent of men and that is great news.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I feel like this is my business too, we each have our role to play, especially men," said Arnaud Garcette at the Marseille demonstration, where he was marching with his two children.</p>

<p>"We're at the source of the problem, and at the source of the solutions too," he added.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Thousands of people took to the streets in major French cities against violence targeting women as the case of a 71-year-old woman came in limelight this year, who was raped by nearly 50 men for years.

Thousands of people took to the streets in major French cities against violence targeting women as the case of a 71-year-old woman came in limelight this year, who was raped by nearly 50 men for years. France mass rape trial entered the final stage this week. In the coming week, the prosecutors will ask the court in the southern city of Avignon to sentence 51 men, including the one who drugged his wife for over a decade and dozens of others who accepted his invitations to abuse her at their home. "The more of us there are, the more visible we are, this is everyone's business, not just women," Peggy Plou, a local elected official from the Indre-et-Loire region in western France who had made the trip to Paris, said during the protest. Thousands of people marched in Paris, mainly women but including some men and children too. Also read: France mass rape trial enters final stage, victim Gisele says society must change way it looks at rape Moreover, hundreds of strong demonstrations were also held in other major cities of France including Marseille in the south, Lille in the northeast, and Rennes in the northwest. Many of the protesters were seen carrying signs with the slogan "Shame must switch sides", which was popularised by the plaintiff in the Avignon trial, Gisele Pelicot. The France mass rape horror has turned Gisèle into a feminist icon as she refused to keep the trial private and went ahead with opening it to the public to raise awareness. "A law about consent must be put in place very quickly. Just because someone doesn't say something, doesn't mean that they agree" to sexual contact, said Marie-Claire Abiker, a retired nurse marching in Paris, AFP reported. Watch | France: Gisele Pelicot Narrates Her Harrowing Tale In Court × Amy Bah, a member of the NousToutes (all of us women) feminist group protesting in Lille, said that in 2018, there were basically only women demonstrating. However, today, there is 30 per cent of men and that is great news. "I feel like this is my business too, we each have our role to play, especially men," said Arnaud Garcette at the Marseille demonstration, where he was marching with his two children. "We're at the source of the problem, and at the source of the solutions too," he added. (With inputs from agencies)

Thousands protest across France after Gisele Pelicot's mass rape trial triggers nation

After 10 weeks, the mass rape trial that has shocked France is moving on to the final phase of closing statements. Watch this report for more details!

France: Mass Rape Trial Heads to Final Phase

<p>Hundreds of people joined for a silent march in support of French woman Gisele Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday (Oct 5) in Mazan, the village where Gisele’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting over 80 men to rape her at their home.</p>

<p>Men and women came out in solidarity with Gisele, 72. However, members of the woman's family did not attend the march but said that they appreciated the public support.&nbsp;</p>

<p>One woman at the march said, “I am there as a woman, mother and grandmother … I am here firstly to support Gisèle who is really very brave, and other women and girls.”</p>

<p>She said she hoped the case would persuade people to "listen to women...and not close their eyes" to sexual abuse.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The march by French people comes a day after judges at the mass rape trial in Avignon agreed to allow videos made by Dominique Pelicot of the alleged abuse of his wife to be shown to the press and public in the courtroom.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-mass-rape-case-accused-man-a-father-of-three-admits-to-sexual-assault-of-gisele-pelicot-760285"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot</strong></a></p>

<p>The president of the bench, Roger Arata, argued the court should be cleared of those not directly involved in the case because the videos represented an affront to public decency and were too "shocking".&nbsp;</p>

<p>The bench agreed to allow them to be screened in open court after Pelicot's lawyers insisted their client wanted them shown.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gisele was drugged to the point, that she had no memory of the rapes and said that the videos are proof of what she suffered.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Mass Rape Trial: 'I Am A Rapist' Frenchman Dominique Pilot Admits Raping Wife</strong></p>

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<p>Meanwhile, as the case continues, a majority of 50 men accused of raping&nbsp;Gisele&nbsp;have denied the charge and said that they thought she was pretending to be asleep and they had acted with the consent of her husband.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gisele&nbsp;was drugged by her now-former husband Dominique into a 'deep coma' state between 2011 and 2020. He then invited men to rape her in her bedroom in southern France.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The accused, 50 men in total, are aged 26 to 74 and include a fireman, jailor, nurse and journalist.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Hundreds of people joined for a silent march in support of French woman Gisele Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday (Oct 5) in Mazan, the village where Gisele’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting over 80 men to rape her at their home.

Hundreds of people joined for a silent march in support of French woman Gisele Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday (Oct 5) in Mazan, the village where Gisele’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting over 80 men to rape her at their home. Men and women came out in solidarity with Gisele, 72. However, members of the woman's family did not attend the march but said that they appreciated the public support. One woman at the march said, “I am there as a woman, mother and grandmother … I am here firstly to support Gisèle who is really very brave, and other women and girls.” She said she hoped the case would persuade people to "listen to women...and not close their eyes" to sexual abuse. The march by French people comes a day after judges at the mass rape trial in Avignon agreed to allow videos made by Dominique Pelicot of the alleged abuse of his wife to be shown to the press and public in the courtroom. Also read: France mass rape case: Accused man, a father of three, admits to sexual assault of Gisele Pelicot The president of the bench, Roger Arata, argued the court should be cleared of those not directly involved in the case because the videos represented an affront to public decency and were too "shocking". The bench agreed to allow them to be screened in open court after Pelicot's lawyers insisted their client wanted them shown. Gisele was drugged to the point, that she had no memory of the rapes and said that the videos are proof of what she suffered. Watch | Mass Rape Trial: 'I Am A Rapist' Frenchman Dominique Pilot Admits Raping Wife × Meanwhile, as the case continues, a majority of 50 men accused of raping Gisele have denied the charge and said that they thought she was pretending to be asleep and they had acted with the consent of her husband. Gisele was drugged by her now-former husband Dominique into a 'deep coma' state between 2011 and 2020. He then invited men to rape her in her bedroom in southern France. The accused, 50 men in total, are aged 26 to 74 and include a fireman, jailor, nurse and journalist. (With inputs from agencies)

France mass rape case: Hundreds join silent march in support of Gisele Pelicot

Since September 2, Gisèle Pelicot has been at the center of a trial in which 51 men, including her 50-year-old husband, are accused of raping her. Her tale has spread across France since the trial began. Watch to know more.

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