US EditionFrench court increases sentence to 10 years for man who raped Gisèle Pelicot in landmark case
- This week in court, Gisèle Pelicot asserted that she was the sole victim and firmly rejected claims that she had ever consented.
- Evidence from the first trial, including videos showing Gisèle unconscious and unresponsive during the assaults, was reviewed again during the proceedings.
- Dominique Pelicot, testifying in court, insisted he never claimed his wife would be conscious and asserted that while he engaged in sexual activity, he did not commit rape.
- Pelicot stated that he informed men he contacted online that his wife would be incapacitated and that he wanted someone to assault her while she was unconscious and unaware.
- Dogan, another defendant, denied that he intended to rape Gisèle, admitted to having doubts about the situation, and recognized that her husband was responsible for harming her.
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Appeals court increases prison term for Gisele Pelicot rapist
A French appeals court has handed a stiffer 10-year sentence to the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious.Husamettin Dogan, a 44-year-old construction worker, had been sentenced to nine years in prison in the first drugging-and-rape trial last year that riveted France and turned Pelicot into a global icon against sexual violence.The appeals jury was composed of three judges as well…
The trial on appeal in the rape case against Gisèle Pelicot resulted in an increased sentence of 10 years imprisonment for the sole accused.
In the appeal proceedings in the Pelicot case, a perpetrator receives a higher prison sentence. Gisèle Pelicot responds with clear words to the defendant's statements in the courtroom.
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