French prosecutors seek 20 years jail in mass rape case

Gisele Pelicot
Gisele Pelicot asked for the trial of her husband to be held in public so other victims speak up. -AP

French prosecutors have asked for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organised the repeated mass rape of his then-wife by knocking her unconscious with drugs and inviting dozens of strangers to abuse her in the family home.

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