Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

[muriel_volestrangler]

Ha-ha, this is really fucking around and finding out:

A court in southern France has increased by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

The 72-year-old retired grandmother was drugged unconscious by her then-husband Dominique for over a decade and raped by dozens of men he recruited on the internet.

Husamettin Dogan, 44, had argued he was innocent, despite graphic video footage shown in court of him penetrating a motionless Gisèle Pelicot.

But the court of appeal in Nîmes rejected his argument and extended his original nine-year jail term to 10 years. He was convicted of aggravated rape last December, during a trial in which 50 other men were convicted.
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Like many of the other men convicted last December, Dogan's defence was that he could not be guilty of raping Gisèle because he did not realise she had been drugged by her husband against her will.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65e2jdd3lo

[Old Crank]

1. That can happen

In some European countries.
Courts aren't bound by the results or punishment given by the first trial.

[flvegan]

2. I can't believe the husband only got sentenced to 20 years.

I realize it may be a death sentence for him due to his age, but if the same crimes happened with another couple, and the husband was only 25 and the max he could get was 20 years, that's fucked up.

[MagickMuffin]

3. His defense is lame, "I didn't know she was drugged"

Come on, you were raping an unconscious woman.

Did she appear to just be asleep, and therefore it was perfectly alright to fuck her?

Sorry bub, you raped an unconscious woman. It really is that simple.