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

Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband was jailed on Thursday for 20 years over her drugging and mass rape by strangers recruited online, in a case that shocked France and resonated around the world. The dozens of other defendants were handed terms of up to 15 years, which women's rights groups and the three Pelicot children, according to a source, condemned as too lenient. But in her first comment after the judgement, 72-year-old Gisele Pelicot, who has b......

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