French prosecutors on Thursday sought a 12-year jail term for the only man among 50 who claims he is innocent after being convicted of sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot.
The 72-year-old’s former husband has admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of strangers to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade in a case that shocked the world.
Gisele Pelicot allowed the public into the courtroom during the months-long trial last year to raise awareness about sexual violence, saying it was time for perpetrators — not victims — to be ashamed.
A lower court last year sentenced Husamettin Dogan, 44, to a nine-year prison sentence after prosecutors also requested 12 years.
Public prosecutor Dominique Sie said he was asking for three extra years in view of “Dogan’s stance, in all it