A man who drugged and raped his wife has been jailed for 20 years in France.
Dominique Pelicot, also invited 50 other men to rape his wife while she was unconscious.
The 72-year-old kept 20,000 photos and videos of the attacks on his computer
His wife, and victim, 71-year-old Gisele Pelicot, was in court to hear dozens of verdicts and sentences being handed down against the men involvement in attacks and sexual assaults on her between 2011 and 2020.
Avignon, France. 16th Dec, 2024. Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France. Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live NewsCrowds of supporters have gathered outside the court in Avignon and applauded her as she arrived.
The couple, who first married in 1973, have two sons and a daughter.
Their daughter, 46-yer-old Caroline Darian, was in court as the sentence was being read out, and shouted at her father "you will die alone like a dog in jail".
