Avignon, France, Nov 25, 2024 (AFP) - Maximum term sought in French mass rape trial for husband who drugged wife

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2024-11-25

French prosecutors on Monday demanded a maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, in a trial that has shaken France. Dominique Pelicot has been on trial in the southern city of Avignon since September with 49 other men for organising the rapes and sexual abuse of Gisele Pelicot, now his former wife. One man is being tried in absentia. The case has shocked France, which like......

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