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French prosecutors seek 20 years for Dominique Pelicot in mass rape case

Outside view of the court during the trial of Dominique Pelicot in Avignon, France, on November 20, 2024 [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]

Prosecutors in France have demanded the maximum 20-year prison sentence for a man who organised the mass rape of his then-wife for almost a decade.

Dominique Pelicot knocked his wife Gisele Pelicot unconscious with drugs and invited dozens of strangers to abuse her in their family homes in Paris and the southern town of Mazan between 2011 and 2020.

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