Politicians praise bravery of French rape survivor Gis猫le Pelicot
51 men were convicted and jailed following the mass trial which shocked the country.
The French prime minister Francois Bayrou has praised the courage of Gis猫le Pelicot, following a mass rape trial in which her ex-husband and fifty other defendants were found guilty. Dominique Pelicot was jailed for twenty years for organising the repeated drugging and rape of his former wife by dozens of strangers over a decade.
Also in the programme, President Macron of France in Mayotte vows to rebuild the cyclone hit territory; and we hear from Angelina Jollie who plays the diva, Maria Callas.
(Photo: Gisele Pelicot with her grandson, after the end of the trial in Avignon. Credit: Shutterstock)
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