Dominique Pelicotthe main defendant in the Mazan rape trial, accused of having drugged his wife Gisele for almost 10 years to rape her and have dozens of men rape her while she was unconscious, he was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years for aggravated rape and other crimes. The sentence was pronounced in his presence, in front of his wife and their three children.
The conviction for Dominque Pelicot
The Avignon court recognized guilty Dominique Pelicot, main defendant in the so-called Mazan rape trial. The man was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years for aggravated rape and other crimes. He was accused of having drugged his wife Gisèle for many years (almost a decade), with the aim of raping her and having dozens of men rape her while she was unconscious. As reported by Corriere della Serathe man was also found guilty of recording images of his daughter Caroline and two granddaughters while they were asleep, naked or in underwear.
From September 2nd, another 50 men they were tried and convicted. It is estimated that another 30 participated in the violence and managed to escape identification and, therefore, trial.
Gisele Pelicot.
The last words of Dominique Pelicot
On Monday 17 December, in the Chamber, Dominique Pelicot said that the deprivation of no longer seeing his family is “worse than the deprivation of freedom”.
Then he also said: “I want to tell all my family that I love themyou have the rest of my life in your hands.”
Gisele Pelicot’s message
Gisele Pelicot, during the trial, became a heroine in France and beyond. He wanted the trial to be public and that the videos of the sexual violence against him were shown in the Chamber and visible to everyone, because “They should be the ones ashamed, not me“.
In one of his statements he said: “At what point, when you entered that room, did you have my consent? How could you not stop and report everything?”.
Gisele Pelicot then added: “For me this is a trial of cowardice. It’s time for the male chauvinist and patriarchal societywhich trivializes rape, change.”
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