French prosecutors seek 20-year sentence for Pelicot who organised wife's mass rape


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  • Monday, 25 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the courthouse during the trial of Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman accused of drugging his wife Gisele Pelicot and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, with 50 co-accused, in Avignon, France, November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

AVIGNON, France (Reuters) -A French prosecutor asked on Monday for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organised the mass rape of his wife for nearly a decade, knocking her unconscious with drugs and sharing pictures and video of the rapes.

Pelicot, 71, has admitted the charges in a trial that attracted worldwide attention and turned into an examination of the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France and beyond.

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