Prosecutor Requests 20-Year Sentence For Dominique Pelicot - Avignon

Prosecutor Requests 20-Year Sentence For Dominique Pelicot - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot and her lawyer Stephane Babonneau arrive at the Avignon courthouse to attend the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, southern France, on November 26, 2024. French prosectors said on November 25, they were seeking the maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife, in a trial that has shaken France. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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