Dominique Pelicot, the man convicted of raping his wife and of inviting dozens of others to join him in the abuse, did not appeal. But 17 of the other 50 found guilty did.

Seventeen of the trial's 51 defendants have appealed their convictions received at the criminal court in Avignon, southern France, risking a longer sentence. A second trial is scheduled for late 2025,

Dominique Pelicot, 72, has been found guilty of all charges in the rape and drugging of his then-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and on Thursday was given the maximum sentence of 20 years in the massive trial that has shaken France and shocked the world.

Gisèle Pelicot said she had no regrets, but hope for the future after a judge sentenced her ex-husband to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her for years.

A lawyer for the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot says he won’t appeal his 20-year sentence for drugging and raping her and allowing dozens of other men to also rape her while she was unconscious, in a case that revolted France.

Dominique Pelicot will not appeal against his 20-year sentence for orchestrating the mass rape of his former wife Gisèle Pelicot in a case that horrified France and turned a 72-year-old grandmother into a feminist idol.

The ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot said Monday he will not appeal his conviction after he and dozens of others were found guilty in December of a series of sexual crimes against his wife.

Thibaut Rey, 38, spotted the serial rapist taking images of three women at the LeClerc shopping centre and confronted him, holding his phone until police arrived to make their arrest. “Pelicot didn’t resist. He froze with terror. I saw the fear in his eyes,” he said.

The Frenchman found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife and soliciting dozens of men to do the same for more than a decade will not appeal his conviction, his lawyer said Monday. Dominique Pelicot wants to spare his ex-wife a “new ordeal” of another trial,