Gisèle Pelicot thanks supporters

Gisèle Pelicot thanked supporters in a speech outside court, after her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years for drugging her and recruiting strangers to rape her. She said she never regretted making the trial public, but called it a very difficult ordeal. We explain what happened in court and hear reaction from women and men in France.

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We hear from residents and speak to our reporter in Mayotte, the French territory devastated by Cyclone Chido, as rescuers race do find missing people.

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Presenter: Luke Jones.

(Photo: Gisele Pelicot (C), with her lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus, speaks to the media at the criminal court in Avignon, southern France, 19 December 2024. Credit: GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)