Youth in court charged with rape, sexual assault, and strangulation offences

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On 19 December 2024, the 51 accused of the Pelicot trial were all found guilty of rape or sexual assault, with sentences ranging from 3 to 20 years of criminal imprisonment, by the Criminal Court of Vaucluse. For ten years, Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and filmed without her knowledge by her husband and then raped. The case had an exceptional resounding, beyond French borders: no less than 36 foreign media covered the trial. In Europe alone in 201…