Gisèle Pelicot thanks supporters in a speech outside court, after her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years for drugging her and recruiting strangers to rape her. Pelicot, who waived her right to anonymity, says she never regretted making the trial public “so society could see what was happening”. Fifty other men have been sentenced alongside Dominique, in a mass rape trial which has shocked France.
Gisèle looked at each man as he was asked to stand, both during the verdicts and sentencings, our correspondent in court reports
She told the assembled crowd of journalists that she is thinking about her children and grandchildren and all the other families and the victims of stories “often in the shadows, saying “we have the same struggle”.
She shares her “profound gratitude” to all the people who supported her during this “difficult ordeal”, saying their statements have given her the strength to get through this long trial.
Rawr
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