French appeals court revisits shocking Gisele Pelicot rape case

Gisele Pelicot at Avignon courthouse in southern France in December 2024 (Lewis Joly/AP)

Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France last year and turned Gisele Pelicot into a global figure, an appeals court is set to hear the case of a man challenging his conviction.

Husamettin Dogan, sentenced to nine years in prison last December, denies he intended to rape Ms Pelicot.