Dominique Pelicot, sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for having raped his wife for ten years under the influence of sleeping pills and for having offered her to dozens of other men so that they could also abuse her, will not appealalthough there is a new trial on appeal because other convicts have appealed.
Béatrice Zavarro, the lawyer who received the harshest sentence in the trial that ended on the 19th at the Avignon Criminal Court, announced this Monday that her client is renouncing to file an appeal against her conviction, in statements to the radio station France Info.
Guilty of “aggravated rape”
The judges condemned to the maximum sentence provided by law in France ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicotwho was drugging his ex-wife between 2011 and 2020 to rape her and so that men he contacted online could rape her while he filmed it.
The Avignon court (France) found Pelicot guilty of “aggravated rape”so his name will be included in the sex offender registry.
Among the remaining 50 defendants There are men with ages ranging from 27 to 74 years old.from all social classes and professions, such as firefighters, truck drivers, journalists, nurses, soldiers or even retirees.
Finally all were found guilty of the rapes and attacks on Gisèle Pelicot by the court this Thursday. Some of the 50 defendants, not including Dominique Pelicot, have acknowledged wrongdoing, while others have continued to argue that They believed that Gisele Pelicot, the victim, had consented to sexual relations.
The crimes they range from sexual assault up to aggravated rape. So, lThe sentences issued by the courts have ranged from three to 20 years in prison.with the victim’s ex-husband, Dominique, sentenced to the longest sentence, although after two-thirds he could be eligible for parole.
Several of the defendants with the least severe sentences will not have to go to prison either and, in general, although all were found guilty of different crimes, The sentences handed down have been lower than what was requested by the Prosecutor’s Office.
