Avignon, France, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Defence lawyers plead for defendants in French mass rape trial

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2024-11-27

Lawyers for dozens of defendants in a French mass rape trial begin their closing arguments Wednesday after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the suspects. The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious. Prosecutors have called for a maximum 20-year jail term for the 71-year-old who has been on trial in the southern city of Avignon since September w......

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