Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in their French home over nine years
Pelicot rape trial verdicts – live updates
Dominique Pelicot, one of the worst sex offenders in modern French history, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his then wife, Gisèle, and inviting dozens of men to rape her in her home in the south of France over almost a decade.
The historic trial of 51 men was held in public after Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity so that “shame could change sides”.
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