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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer: Rape trial ‘a good thing for justice’

A lawyer for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband described the mass rape trial as a "good thing for justice" after Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of orchestrating the 72-year-old grandmother's horrific rape in a crime that shocked France.

Dominique, dubbed the Monster of Avignon, is one of 47 men who have been convicted in a mass rape trial against 51 men involving Ms Pelicot.

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