Avignon, France, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband jailed 20 years in France mass rape trial

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2024-12-19

A court on Thursday sentenced a French man to 20 years jail for committing and orchestrating the mass rapes of his now former wife Gisele Pelicot with dozens of strangers, but her children expressed disappointment at what they saw as overly-lenient sentences for the other men convicted. The convictions of all 51 defendants and their sentencing brought to a close a three-month trial that has horrified France, resonated across the world and turned......

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