In France, a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for organizing mass rapes of his wife
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Dominic Pelico was sentenced to 20 years in prison for organizing the rape of his wife over a period of 10 years. Another 50 men were found guilty of involvement in the crimes.
In a high-profile French case, Dominique Pelik is sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping his ex-wife Giselle Pelik
In addition to Peliko's husband, 50 other men were found guilty of rape and sexual crimes during the trial.
Transmits UNN with reference to DW and NOS Nieuws.
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French justice today sentenced 71-year-old Dominique Pelicot in the case of the gang rape of his wife. The man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his then-wife Giselle for ten years in order to rape her along with dozens of strangers.
Dominic Pelico, was found guilty of aggravated rape of his wife and aggravated rape of another woman. He was also found guilty of taking and distributing photographs of his wife without permission.
A total of 51 people were tried in this case in the Avignon court. All of them were found guilty of at least one crime. 46 men were convicted of rape, two of attempted rape and two of sexual assault.
It is noted that in addition to the rape of Pelico, at least one man is also accused of using drugs and raping his own wife. His prison sentence is 12 years.
We also know that one suspect is in hiding, it became known today. It is a 30-year-old man who was sentenced to 12 years in prison; he is in Morocco.
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Giselle Pelico (72 years old) was drugged and raped in her own home without her knowledge for many years, from 2011 to 2020. Her husband drugged her by putting drugs in her food and drinks.
The 72-year-old defendant did not deny that between 2011 and 2020 he drugged Giselle with anxiolytics to put her to sleep; he then raped her with strangers with whom he had established communication on the Internet.
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The police were also interested in what Pelico was filming. A huge number of carefully archived videos of the rapes of Giselle Pelico were found on his devices.
In total, at least 80 men were found whom Giselle Pelico did not know.
Some of the men in the video have not yet been identified.
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UNN reported that in September demonstrations were held in France in support of Giselle Peliko and rape victims. In 30 cities in France, thousands of women and men took to the streets to express support for the 72-year-old womanwho was raped by her husband over the years with dozens of men.
Pelico quickly became a national symbol in the fight against sexual violence.
