Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

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GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/EPA/Shutterstock Gisèle Pelicot told the court in Nîmes this week she was the "only victim" of rape

A court in southern France has increased by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot. The 72-year-old retired grandmother was drugged unconscious by her then-husband Dominique for over a decade and

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