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Dozens of defendants in the Pelicot trial — the men who visited the Pelicot family home to rape Gisele Pelicot who was unconscious after being drugged by her husband — were handed terms of between three and fifteen years. Women’s rights groups and the three Pelicot children, expressed disappointment, arguing the sentences were too lenient. FRANCE 24’s Emily Boyle reports.