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

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2024-11-27
A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the dozens of suspects. The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his then-wife while she was drugged and unconscious. Prosecutors have called for a maximum 20-year jail term for the 72-year-old, who has been on trial in the southern city......
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