Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband jailed for 20 years in mass rape trial in France

Gisèle Pelicot was seated on one side of the courtroom, facing the defendants as the judge announced one guilty verdict after another.

Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the court house in Avignon, southern France on Thursday. Picture: AP Photo/Lewis Joly

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A court in France has sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 years in jail for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.