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Ex-husband Convicted In French Mass Rape Trial Will Not Appeal: Lawyer

Gisele Pelicot was hailed as a hero for her courage and dignity throughout the three-month trial (Credit: AFP)

The Frenchman found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife and soliciting dozens of men to do the same for more than a decade will not appeal his conviction, his lawyer said Monday.

Dominique Pelicot was convicted and jailed for 20 years earlier this month after a trial that horrified France and beyond, while 50 co-defendants were also convicted and handed various sentences of between three and 15 years.

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