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BREAKING NEWS: French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot's rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedated

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Oct 09, 2025
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Gisèle Pelicot, arrives at the court in Nîmes on Thursday. Photograph: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images

A French appeals court has increased the prison sentence of the only man who contested his conviction in the rape case of Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman who was drugged and assaulted by dozens of men over more than a decade.

The Nîmes Court of Appeal ex…

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