Dominique Pelicot weeps after being given maximum sentence of 20 years
Cheers, chants and hope for change: supporters thank Gisèle Pelicot for her bravery as rape trial endsLocal MP for the leftist party France Unbowed, Raphael Arnault, stands with supporters waiting for Gisèle Pelicot outside the courthouse in Avignon, France , after the court sentenced her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, to 20 years in jail.
The 72-year-old former logistics manager and grandmother of seven became a feminist hero worldwide after insisting that the rape trial be held in public. Over a period of almost a decade, her then husband had crushed sleeping tablets and anti-anxiety medication into her food and drink and invited dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious in her bed in the village of Mazan, in Provence.
Dominique Pelicot hung his head and wept, too, when he was handed a maximum sentence of 20 years, but a roar of cheers erupted from members of the public waiting outside the criminal court as they heard the news. Most of the men were led away by police to begin prison sentences. The few whose sentences were suspended left the courthouse to jeers as the crowd hissed and booed.
“When I opened the doors to this trial on September 2nd, I wanted society to be able to take part in this debate. I have never regretted that decision,” she continued. “I have confidence in our ability to collectively grasp a future in which everyone, women and men alike, can live in harmony, with mutual respect and understanding.”
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