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French trial begins for 51 men accused of raping woman

Yesterday, as British tourists admired the sacred sites of Avignon, an elderly woman endured a harrowing experience in a stifling French trial beside the historic courtroom ramparts. For four agonising years, since the police raided her home, Gisele Pelicot has grappled with a horrifying reality. Her husband, Dominique, had been drugging her with sleeping pills and inviting strangers to allegedly…