10h42.
The defendants sentenced to sentences ranging from 3 to 13 years
Jean-Pierre M., the disciple of Dominique Pelicot, sentenced to 12 years in prison
The prison sentences fall for all the co-defendants. Notably Jean-Pierre M., considered the disciple of Dominique Pelicot, who is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Dominique Pelicot sentenced to maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
Dominique Pelicot, the main accused in the Mazan rape trial, was sentenced Thursday to the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for having drugged his ex-wife with anxiolytics for a decade before raping her and delivering her to dozens of unknown people recruited on the internet. This prison sentence is associated with a security sentence of “two thirds”, specified the president of the criminal court of Vaucluse, Roger Arata, adding that at the end of the sentence, his situation “will be subject to a review to assess his safety”. He will also be registered in the national sex offender file.
10h19.
All accused found guilty, no acquittals
Dominique Pelicot was also found guilty of recording and possessing images taken without their knowledge of his wife, his daughter and his daughters-in-law
He was also found guilty of recording and possessing images taken without their knowledge of his wife, daughter and daughters-in-law. Dominique Pelicot, 72, stood up and listened to the president attentively but without expressing any particular emotion. He faces 20 years of criminal imprisonment.
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Other co-defendants found guilty
One by one, the verdicts fell for each of the accused and most were found guilty of “aggravated rape by assembly and administration of a substance”. The court did not accept the alteration of discernment requested by around thirty of them
Dominique Pelicot “found guilty” of aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle
Dominique Pelicot, the main accused in the Mazan rape trial, was “found guilty” Thursday for having drugged his ex-wife with anxiolytics for a decade before raping her and handing her over to dozens of strangers recruited on the internet. “Mr. Pelicot, you are found guilty of aggravated rape against the person of Gisèle Pelicot,” declared the president of the Vaucluse criminal court, Roger Arata, specifying that his sentence will be announced to him a little later in the morning devoted to the verdict of this trial which has become a symbol of the fight against violence against women.
Dominique Pelicot and the other detained defendants are in the box
Unless there is a surprise, the main accused, Dominique Pelicot, 72, who admitted to having drugged his wife Gisèle with anxiolytics for a decade, to rape her and deliver her to dozens of strangers he recruited on the internet, should receive the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison requested by the public prosecutor.
09h48.
The hearing has just opened in Avignon
Gisèle Pelicot arrived in court
The couple’s three children, David, Caroline and Florian, arrived together at the court around 8:30 a.m., pushing through a crowd of spectators, activists and journalists. Their mother Gisèle arrived separately and smiling a little after 9:00 a.m. accompanied by her two lawyers.
The first defendants arrived in court
The accused who appear free are beginning to settle down in the courtroom, as several journalists on site observed
Gisèle Pelicot’s three children have just arrived in court
Caroline, David and Florian, the three children of the Pelicot couple, who testified during the trial, arrived at the courthouse. Without their mother.
What the 51 accused face…
This Thursday, December 19, the criminal court composed of five professional magistrates should announce its verdict after 14 weeks of intense and trying debates. On November 25, the prosecution requested the maximum sentence of 20 years of criminal imprisonment against Dominique Pelicot, 72, ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot. Against 49 of his co-defendants, also prosecuted for “aggravated rape”, the prosecution had requested 10 to 18 years of imprisonment, and four years in prison for the last one, prosecuted for “touching”.
07h28.
Journalist, she recounts the 4 months of an extraordinary trial
“Thank you Gisèle”: a banner flew this Thursday morning in front of the Avignon courthouse
“Thank you Gisèle”: the banner which floated Thursday morning in front of the Avignon courthouse, before the verdict of the historic Mazan rape trial, summarizes the message of gratitude from women and men towards the one who wanted “that the shame changes sides.”
07h23.
