Paris, Sept 30, 2024 (AFP) - Frenchman on trial for mass rape absent from court: judge

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2024-09-30

The main defendant in a mass rape trial that has sparked horror and protests in France was absent on Monday because he is "unwell" and must undergo medical treatment, the presiding judge said. Dominique Pelicot, 71, has been on trial since September 2 over raping and recruiting strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife Gisele for nearly a decade. The trial had already been briefly suspended in mid-September due to the absence of Dominique Pelic......

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