They said there were 72 individuals suspected of abusing Gisele. 50 men were tracked down and are on trial alongside Mr Pelicot. In addition to Dominique Pelicot, there are another 50 men on trial. Most of the defendants are charged with aggravated rape.

Public prosecutor Laure Chabaud told the packed courthouse in Avignon, southern France, on Monday that the sentence would be “long” but “not enough considering the serious nature of these acts.”

AVIGNON, France (Reuters) -The prosecution asked on Monday that Dominique Pelicot be sentenced to prison for 20 years for drugging and raping his wife Gisele Pelicot and recruiting dozens of others to rape her for nearly a decade in a case that has shocked the world.

Channel 5 is preparing a documentary about France's mass rape trial and its victim, 72-year-old Gisèle Pelicot.

Dominique Pelicot, 71, from France, allowed 50 men to rape his wife Gisele Pelicot over the course of a decade. But a court has revealed that he could receive 'too little' time behind bars

French prosecutors asked for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organised the repeated mass rape of his then-wife by knocking her unconscious with drugs and inviting dozens

A mammoth rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband.

A Town on Trial' will look at Ms Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman drugged by her former husband and abused for a decade by at least 70 strangers he had recruited online.

Dominique Pelicot invited men to rape his wife, whom he had drugged. The French media call them “Mr. Every Man” because they come from such ordinary backgrounds.

A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the

French prosecutors have demanded prison sentences of up to 20 years for 51 men accused of participating in the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot over a decade. The trial, known as the Mazan rape case,