Dominique Pelicot sentencing LIVE: Monster of Avignon jailed for 20 years for raping ex-wife Gisele and ALL accomplices jailed in historic French trial which shocked the world
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Dominique Pelicot, also known as the Monster of Avignon, has been found guilty of all the charges against him in France 's most notorious sex crime trial and has been sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison. The 72-year-old had already pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, including the aggravated rape of his wife Gisele Pelicot and the rape of the wife of one of his co-defendants.
In total, 51 men were sentenced to more than 400 collective years behind bars with all of Pelicot's accomplices found guilty of sex crimes with 46 convicted of rape, two of attempted rape and two of sexual assault. Follow live updates from the sentencing hearing below.
By Nick Fagge In Avignon, France. One defence lawyer has taunted the feminist crowd who have gathered at the court in Avignon shouting ‘Shame on you’. Christophe Bruschi, representing Joseph Cocco who got three years jail, told one protester he had a message for them.
He said:. Joseph Cocco, 69, was the only one of the 51 defendants in total to be prosecuted for 'sexual assault in a group' and not for rape or attempted rape. By Jamie Bullen. Here's a video of Gisele Pelicot delivering her statement following the culmination of the Monster of Avignon trial.
The case saw her husband jailed for 20 years for orchestrating dozens of sex attacks on her while she was drugged for more than a decade. Watch our video here:. . Referring to why she waived her anonymity, she said:. Asked for her view on the sentences handed out to her rapists, Mme Pelicot said:.
