Summary

  1. Postpublished at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Jean-Marc LeLoup is sentenced to six years.

    Patrick Aron is 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.

    Mohamed Rafaa is sentenced to eight years.

    Mahdi Daoudi is sentenced to eight years.

    Ahmed Tbarik is sentenced to eight years.

  2. Postpublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Adrien Longeron is sentenced to six years.

    Jérôme Vilela is sentenced to 13 years.

    Didier Sambuchi is sentenced to five years.

    Karim Sebaoui is sentenced to 10 years. He is crying.

    Vincent Coullet is sentenced to 10 years.

  3. Dominique Pelicot cries as sentences read outpublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    As the sentences are read out, Dominique Pelicot seems to be hunching over on his chair, crying.

    He was earlier sentenced to 20 years in jail.

  4. Postpublished at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Jean Tirano is sentenced to eight years.

    • In court, he said he could not remember raping Gisèle Pelicot, claiming he was drugged by Dominique Pelicot (something Dominique denied). “I know I’m going to come across as either a liar or an idiot,” he told the court.

    Thierry Postat is sentenced to 12 years. He is also banned from working with children for life.

    Redouane El Farihi is sentenced to eight years.

    Simone Mekenese is sentenced to nine years.

    • The construction worker and father-of-six was the only defendant Gisele recognised: he lived next door to the Pelicots. Once, Dominique invited him to come to their house to see Gisèle, under the pretext of selling him a bike tyre. Dominique Pelicot “manipulated me and I fell into his trap,” Mekenese said in court.

    Thierry Parisis is sentenced to eight years.

    Several of these men are also mandated to follow treatment.

  5. Postpublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Nizar Hamida is sentenced to 10 years.

    Joan Kawai is sentenced to 10 years.

    Husamettin Dogan is sentenced to nine years.

    Hughes Malago is sentenced to five years.

    Andy Rodriguez is sentenced to six years.

  6. Postpublished at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Nicolas Francois is sentenced to eight years and banned from working in jobs with children for several years.

    Boris Moulin is sentenced to eight years.

    Philippe Leleu is sentenced to five years of which two are suspended.

    Joseph Cocco is sentenced to three years.

    Fabien Sotton is sentenced to 11 years.

  7. Postpublished at 09:29 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Jacques Cubeau is sentenced to five years.

    • At 73, Jacques Cubeau is one of the oldest co-accused on trial. He is a lorry driver who spent most of his life on the road throughout Europe. He is a divorced father of two.

    Cyrille Delville is sentenced to eight years.

    • The father-of-two and former football player admitted to rape and said he didn’t know what to do once he realised she was unconscious: "I froze. I was cheating on my wife."

    Lionel Rodriguez is sentenced to eight years.

    • The 44-year-old was an employee in the same supermarket where Dominique Pelicot was caught upskirting in 2020.

    Christian Lescole is sentenced to nine years.

    Charly Arbo is sentenced to 13 years.

    As the sentences are read out, Gisèle's children David and Caroline look clearly unhappy.

  8. Dominique Pelicot jailed for 20 yearspublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024
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    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Gisèle's ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, has been sentenced to 20 years.

    His family looks on and whisper among themselves. Gisèle rests her head against the wall.

  9. Sentencing to follow immediatelypublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024
    Breaking

    The judges have just finished reading out the verdicts.

    We're now expecting the sentences of all men found guilty, including Dominique Pelicot, immediately.

  10. Postpublished at 09:17 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Mohamed Rafaa is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Ludovick Blemeur is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Patrick Aron is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Abdelali Dallal is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Grégory Serviol is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Cedric Grassot is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Cendric Venzin is found guilty of aggravated rape.

  11. No reaction from Gisèle as verdicts read outpublished at 09:17 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Gisèle looks at the defendants as they stand up when their verdicts are read out. There's no other real reaction from her or her children.

  12. Postpublished at 09:16 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Joseph Cocco is found guilty of aggravated sexual assault.

    Hassan Ouamou is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Redouane El Farihi is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Saifeddine Ghabi is acquitted of rape and attempted rape. He is found guilty of sexual assault.

    Jean Tirano is found guilty of aggravated rape.

  13. Postpublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Ahmed Tbarik is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Paul-Koikoi Grovogui is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Omar Douiri is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Husamettin Dogan is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Romain Vandevelde is found guilty of aggravated rape.

  14. Postpublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Jean-Marc LeLoup is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Andy Rodriguez is found guilty of attempted rape and aggravating factors.

    Vincent Coullet is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Adrien Longeron is found guilty of aggravated rape and child abuse imagery.

    Hughes Malago is found guilty of attempted rape and two aggravating factors.

  15. Postpublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Back to the courtroom now, where five more verdicts are being read out:

    Jean-Luc LA is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Fabien Sotton is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Karim Sebaoui is found guilty of aggravated rape and having child abuse imagery.

    Redouane Azougagh is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Joan Kawai is found guilty of aggravated rape.

  16. The scene outside court as verdicts deliveredpublished at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    JournalistsImage source, Lea / BBC
  17. Postpublished at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Cyprien Culieras is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Mathieu Dartus is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Quentin Hennebert is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Cyril Beaubis is found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Philippe Leleu is found guilty of aggravated rape.

  18. Postpublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Nizar Hamida has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Boris Moulin has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Dominique Davies has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Jerome Vilela has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Didier Sambuchi has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

  19. Postpublished at 09:02 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2024

    Laura Gozzi
    Reporting from Avignon

    Simoné Mekenese has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Thierry Parisis has been found guilty of aggravated rape.

    Patrice Nicolle has been found guilty of aggravated rape.