Dominique Pelicot sentenced to 20 years / He drugged and raped his ex-wife Gisele for 10 years

And The trial against Dominque Pelicot concluded today in France, the 72-year-old man accused of having had his wife raped by strangers for years. The man, as reported in recent minutes by the main online media, starting with the Ansa news agency, was found guilty of the very serious rape charges aggravated against Gisele Pelicot, the ex-wife of the same accused. The judge then set a sentence for him of 20 years in prison, the maximum foreseen by the French penal code. The maxi trial covered in total 51 defendantsthat is, not only the husband but all those who participated in the rapes we remember, lasted for years.

All are accused of having raped poor Gisele Pelicot after it came sedated and drugged precisely from her husband Dominque. This gruesome trend lasted in total 10 years, a decade of abuse and physical and carnal violence, which fortunately later emerged with a complaint, then a trial and today the conviction. The court in the south-east of France, presided over by Judge Roger Arata, then issued the guilty verdict but the matter is not yet definitively closed.

DOMINIQUE PELICOT SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS: WAITING FOR THE SENTENCES OF THE OTHER DEFENDANTS

In fact, we wait to understand what will be the sentences of the other 50 defendants. Gisele Pelicot herself was present in court as well as the woman’s family, and when the judge read the verdict Dominque stood up to listen to her punishment, but without giving any signs of emotion, as reported by Fanpage.

Also against the accused are the accusations of having collected images of his wife and daughter without the knowledge of the two women, other crime for which he was convicted. Updates on the matter are expected throughout the day and above all we will discover the sentences, as mentioned above, for all those responsible in the dock, for a maxi trial that has attracted the attention of the international media in recent months.