French appeals court revisits shocking Gisèle Pelicot rape case
Nimes, France: A drug that shakes France and transformed Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon and a turning point in the rape hearing, was greeted with applause on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) on Monday when he came to a court for the charm of a man who challenged his conviction.
Husamettin Dogan, who was sentenced to nine years in prison last December, rejected that he aims to rape the Pelikota. He argues that Gisèle Pelicot was deceived by his ex -husband Dominique Pelicot, who sprayed his wife and offered him to foreigners online before he filmed the attacks.
On Monday, the 44 -year -old construction worker was tried in Southern France on charges of aggravated rape by applying trial or self -regulation substances, which was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
Gisele Pelicot came to a appeal court in Nimes, Southern France on Monday.Credit: AP
Waiting for the decision is free. Prosecutors called for 12 years at the first hearing, but the court ordered nine.
Pelicot wearing a pink jacket, “Thank you!” and other words of encourages.
In the original transactions, Pelicot’s ex-husband and the other 50 men were found guilty of sexual harassment under chemical surrender between 2011-2020. Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while sentences were sentenced to three to 15 years of imprisonment for other defendants.
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The hearing attracted international interest after opposing a request by Gisèle Pelicot by several defendants, a closed hearing. The court with him. The evidence included Dominique Pelicot’s Küçük Provence Town Mazan at the couple’s house and the stomach -changing homemade videos of the abuse that he filmed elsewhere.
“I have nothing to be ashamed. He should change the side of the shame,” he said on the opening day of the hearing. After the decision, he declared that “this decision never regrets ve and thanked the supporters who gave him“ power de to return to court every day.
