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| Who are the men convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial | Who are the men convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial |
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| Dominique Pelicot, who was found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot, appears in a courthouse sketch in Avignon, France on 16 December | Dominique Pelicot, who was found guilty of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot, appears in a courthouse sketch in Avignon, France on 16 December |
| Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her over nearly a decade, along with other charges. | Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her over nearly a decade, along with other charges. |
| Pelicot had admitted the charges against him. | Pelicot had admitted the charges against him. |
| The 72-year-old was on trial with 50 other men, the majority of whom denied charges of rape. The court in the French city of Avignon found 47 of the men guilty of rape, two guilty of attempted rape, and two guilty of sexual assault. | |
| The defendants now have 10 days to appeal. | |
| Most of the 50 come from towns and villages in a 50km (30 mile) radius of the Pelicots' own village of Mazan. | Most of the 50 come from towns and villages in a 50km (30 mile) radius of the Pelicots' own village of Mazan. |
| Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. | Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. |
| Here is a list of the men convicted. BBC had not previously fully named the defendants due to French law. | |
| This is a breaking news story that will be updated in real-time. | |
| Dominique Pelicot: Guilty of aggravated rape on his ex-wife, Gisèle. Also guilty of the attempted aggravated rape of the wife of one of the co-accused, Jean-Pierre Marechal, Cillia, and taking indecent images of his daughter, Caroline, and his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine. Sentenced to 20 years. | |
| Jean-Pierre Marechal: Guilty of attempted rape and aggravated rape of his wife, as well as drugging her. Sentenced to 12 years. | Jean-Pierre Marechal: Guilty of attempted rape and aggravated rape of his wife, as well as drugging her. Sentenced to 12 years. |
| Charly Arbo: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 13 years. | Charly Arbo: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 13 years. |
| Cyrille Delville: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Cyrille Delville: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Christian Lescole: Guilty of aggravated rape. Acquitted of having child abuse imagery. Sentenced to nine years. | |
| Lionel Rodriguez: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Lionel Rodriguez: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Nicolas Francois: Guilty of aggravated rape and having child abuse imagery. Sentenced to eight years and banned from working in jobs with children for several years. | Nicolas Francois: Guilty of aggravated rape and having child abuse imagery. Sentenced to eight years and banned from working in jobs with children for several years. |
| Jacques Cubeau: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years. | Jacques Cubeau: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years. |
| Patrice Nicolle: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Patrice Nicolle: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Thierry Parisis: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Thierry Parisis: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Simoné Mekenese: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. | Simoné Mekenese: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. |
| Nizar Hamida: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. | Nizar Hamida: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. |
| Boris Moulin: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Boris Moulin: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Jerome Vilela: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 13 years. | Jerome Vilela: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 13 years. |
| Didier Sambuchi: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years. | Didier Sambuchi: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years. |
| Quentin Hennebert: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to seven years. | Quentin Hennebert: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to seven years. |
| Philippe Leleu: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years of which two are suspended. | Philippe Leleu: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to five years of which two are suspended. |
| Jean-Luc LA: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. | |
| Fabien Sotton: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 11 years. | Fabien Sotton: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 11 years. |
| Karim Sebaoui: Guilty of aggravated rape and having child abuse imagery. Sentenced to 10 years. | Karim Sebaoui: Guilty of aggravated rape and having child abuse imagery. Sentenced to 10 years. |
| Joan Kawai: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. | Joan Kawai: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. |
| Jean-Marc LeLoup: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to six years. | Jean-Marc LeLoup: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to six years. |
| Andy Rodriguez: Guilty of attempted rape and aggravating factors. Sentenced to six years. | Andy Rodriguez: Guilty of attempted rape and aggravating factors. Sentenced to six years. |
| Vincent Coullet: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. | Vincent Coullet: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 10 years. |
| Adrien Longeron: Guilty of aggravated rape and child abuse imagery. Sentenced to six years. | Adrien Longeron: Guilty of aggravated rape and child abuse imagery. Sentenced to six years. |
| Hughes Malago: Guilty of attempted rape and two aggravating factors. Sentenced to five years. | Hughes Malago: Guilty of attempted rape and two aggravating factors. Sentenced to five years. |
| Ahmed Tbarik: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Ahmed Tbarik: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Husamettin Dogan: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. | Husamettin Dogan: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. |
| Romain Vandevelde: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 15 years. | |
| Joseph Cocco: Guilty of aggravated sexual assault. Sentenced to three years. | Joseph Cocco: Guilty of aggravated sexual assault. Sentenced to three years. |
| Hassan Ouamou: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 12 years. Currently on the run in Morocco and has told investigators he has no intention of returning to France. | |
| Redouane El Farihi: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Redouane El Farihi: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Saifeddine Ghabi: Acquitted of rape and attempted rape. Guilty of sexual assault. Sentenced to three years. | |
| Jean Tirano: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Jean Tirano: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Mohamed Rafaa: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Mohamed Rafaa: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Ludovick Blemeur: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to seven years. | |
| Patrick Aron: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to six years, but walks free today as he has medical issues and will need to be placed in a special jail, according to the judge. | Patrick Aron: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to six years, but walks free today as he has medical issues and will need to be placed in a special jail, according to the judge. |
| Abdelali Dallal: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years, but walks free today due to medical issues and will need to placed in a special jail, according to the judge. | Abdelali Dallal: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years, but walks free today due to medical issues and will need to placed in a special jail, according to the judge. |
| Grégory Serviol: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. | Grégory Serviol: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to eight years. |
| Cedric Grassot: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to 12 years. | |
| Cendric Venzin: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. | Cendric Venzin: Guilty of aggravated rape. Sentenced to nine years. |
| Mahdi Daoudi: Guilty of mass rape and drugging. Sentenced to eight years. | |
| Thierry Postat: Guilty of aggravated mass rape and drugging, and possession of child pornography. Sentenced to 12 years, and banned from working with children for life. | |
| Florian Rocca: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Dominique Davies: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Cyprien Culieras: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Mathieu Dartus: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Cyril Beaubis: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Paul-Koikoi Grovogui: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Omar Douiri: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
| Redouane Azougagh: Guilty of aggravated rape. | |
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