French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for ex husband

French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for ex-husband

A high-profile rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot, 71, while she was ...

Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial

Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.

French victim of mass rape lambasts cowardice of men accused of abusing her

Gisele Pelicot lambasted the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during years of mass rape organized by her husband Dominique.

Prosecutors seek 20 years for man who organized wife's mass rape

A husband who organized the mass rape of his wife for nearly a decade, should receive the maximum 20-year prison sentence, a French prosecutor said.

Final phase for mass rape trial that has horrified France

Fifty-one men are on trial in a case that focuses on a formerly married couple, Dominique and Gisèle Pelicot.

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Gisèle Pelicot condemns men accused of raping her and says French society must change

She has waived her right to anonymity so the entire trial can be heard in public.

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Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father

Couple’s two sons and daughter beg Dominique Pelicot to reveal if other family members were abused. Gisèle Pelicot’s children have described their “devastation” to learn that their father had ...

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Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot

Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle, and inviting at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her. French prosecutors have demanded that Dominique Pelicot be jailed for 20 years, ...

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New York prosecutors told the judge who presided over Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday that his sentencing should be postponed while the president-elect's lawyers file further legal ...

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New York prosecutors ask for sentencing delay in Trump hush money case

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