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The French Senate has passed a bill that would define rape and sexual assault as any act without consent, bringing the country in line with several European neighbours .
Milo Rau's seven-hour reading revisits the exposed systemic failures exposed by Pelicot's historic trial and the societal shift she sparked.
Only one of the 51 men convicted of the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot, a crime which was orchestrated by her now ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, will have their appeal heard by a French appeals court, ...
FRANCE’S most notorious serial rapist has been summoned for questioning over an unsolved murder of a young woman. Dominique Pelicot, 72, has been dragged out of his hellhole prison cell and i… ...
Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, has opted not to appeal his 20-year prison sentence for drugging and raping his wife, his lawyer announced on Monday.
AVIGNON, France (AP) — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her "very difficult ordeal" after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an icon ...
He is only one of the 51 who was not accused of raping or attempting to rape Gisèle, but the 63-year-old admitted to following Dominique Pelicot’s lead by drugging his own wife for five years ...
Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of all charges in Avignon, southern France, and wept in court as he was sentenced. The retired electrician was jailed for 20 years.
The court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on all charges and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which was the maximum possible. At age 72, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty in a mass rape trial that has stunned France. He was handed a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for repeatedly raping, and enlisting strangers to abuse ...