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    Home - France - French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday
    France Updated:December 17, 2024

    French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday

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    French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday

    French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday

    The trial of a French man and dozens of strangers who he enlisted to rape his heavily-sedated wife adjourned, on Monday, December 16, for deliberations, ahead of a verdict later this week, the presiding judge said.

    “We will head to the deliberation chamber and will not leave until we have made our decision,” Roger Arata told the court, saying the delivery of the verdict had been scheduled for 8:30 am GMT on Thursday, all while cautioning the timing was “theoretical” and it could be postponed to Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.

    Read more Subscribers only The prosecution’s closing arguments at Pelicot rape trial: ‘By your verdict, you will signify that ordinary rape does not exist’

    Earlier, Dominique Pelicot, the French man who has admitted to enlisting strangers to rape his wife for almost a decade, asked forgiveness from his family and hailed the courage of his now ex-spouse during his trial.

    Dominique Pelicot’s final statement

    “I would like to start by hailing the courage of my ex-wife” Gisèle Pelicot, her ex-Pelicot, 72, said, in his final statement to the court ahead of the verdict later in the week. “I regret what I did, making [my family] suffer (…) I ask them for forgiveness,” he said, asking the family to “accept my apologies.”

    Sitting in the glass defendants’ box, Dominique Pelicot reaffirmed that he had told “the whole truth” since the beginning of the trial on September 2 in the southern French city of Avignon.

    Read more Subscribers only The delicate balancing act of Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer: ‘It’s you and me against the whole world’

    He also thanked the court for allowing him to remain seated on a special chair because of his fragile state of health, which “could have been interpreted as nonchalance” but which was not, he added.

    He added that “I have been called many things” but “I rather intend to be forgotten,” saying he felt an “inner shame.”

    “I can tell my whole family that I love them,” he said.

    Turning to the five judges who will issue the verdict, he said: “There you go, you have the rest of my life in your hands.”

    50 other men, aged 27 to 74

    Gisele Pelicot, 72, has become a feminist hero at home and abroad, for refusing to be ashamed and standing up to her aggressors in court.

    Alongside her ex-husband, 50 other men, aged 27 to 74, are on trial, including one who did not abuse her, but instead raped his own wife with Dominique Pelicot’s help. The verdict for him and the other accused is expected on Thursday.

    Read more Subscribers only 51 men are standing trial for the rapes of Gisèle Pelicot. Here’s who they are and what they said in court

    On November 25, prosecutors requested the maximum possible sentence – 20 years behind bars – against him, for aggravated rape.

    Le Monde with AFP

    French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday

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