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High-profile rape trial in Avignon, France involving 51 defendants accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged. Verdicts expected soon.

French woman repeatedly drugged and allegedly raped by dozens of men makes final statement to court in Avignon

For shame to shift sides, we must focus on Dominique Pélicot and the other men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pélicot, 72, tells Dominique Pélicot: ‘You chose the depths of the human soul’

Woman at centre of France’s mass rape trial says ‘will and determination to change society’ is what keeps her going in face of evidence heard

The horror isn’t simply that Dominique Pelicot, in his own words, arranged for men to rape his wife, it’s that he also had no difficulty finding them to take part, Diane Jeantet writes

French judge allows public viewing of rape video evidence in high-profile trial involving multiple men accused of assaulting unconscious woman.

Louis Bonnet sought to minimise the crimes of Dominique Pelicot, who admitted regularly drugging his wife and allowing scores of men to rape her

Fabien Sotton, 39, was so ashamed of his conduct that he wrote to Gisèle Pélicot, 71, from his prison cell

A former partner of a co-defendant in a mass rape trial that has sparked horror and protests in France broke down in tears on Monday, telling the court she had "lived a lie" and might herself have been sexually assaulted.

The trial of 51 men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot began in earnest on Thursday as the first defendants took the stand. Their testimony included expressions of regret along with more ambiguous statements regarding their awareness of their victim’s vulnerable state. The recurring question was how the accused could…