Gisèle Pelicot became a hero to many in France and beyond for courageously demanding that all the evidence be heard in open court.

A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body.

Gisèle Pelicot’s children have complained that the sentences handed to the 51 defendants in the Avignon mass rape trial were not severe enough.