THE key figures in a mass paedophilia trial were last night sentenced to up to 28 years in prison for their roles in a network that systematically raped and prostituted children in western France.

A court today sentenced key figures in a mass paedophilia trial to up to 28 years in prison for their roles in a network that systematically raped and prostituted children in western France.

A court will deliver its verdict today in a massive child sex trial that has shocked France.

Defence lawyers have wrapped up two weeks of closing arguments that marked the final testimony in a massive paedophilia trial that has horrified France.