News of the verdicts within the greatest rape trial in French historical past fills the entrance pages within the UK and throughout Europe immediately.
After a French court docket convicted 51 males of the rape, tried rape and sexual assault of Gisèle Pelicot, she addressed supporters, saying she was considering “of the unrecognised victims, whose tales usually stay within the shadows”. One of the boys was her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to twenty years in jail for drugging Pelicot and alluring dozens of males to rape her in her house within the south of France over nearly a decade.
The Guardian led on Gisèle Pelicot’s handle after the sentencing, through which she stated, “I needed all of society to be a witness”.
While information of the verdicts was not distinguished on all French entrance pages, Libération additionally quoted Pelicot, saying, “I now trust”. She was referring to her confidence in society’s “capability to discover a higher future the place everybody – ladies and men alike – can stay in concord with respect and mutual understanding”.
Le Parisien’s headline was, “51 coupables”, as the entire accused have been discovered responsible.
In the UK, the Mirror’s headline was “The world’s bravest girl” over an image of a smiling Pelicot.
The i Paper and Metro additionally quoted her handle, with, “We share the identical combat” and “I’ve no regrets” – the second calling to thoughts Édith Piaf’s tune of defiance and triumph, “Non, je ne regrette rien”:
The Daily Express headline was “Gisele’s courageous message of hope after horror”.
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While in Germany, Tagesspiegel known as the consequence, “Her victory in opposition to disgrace”. Pelicot selected to waive her anonymity in October, as a result of “It’s not for us to have disgrace,” she stated then, “It’s for them.”
The Daily Mail features a seven-page particular on the “trial that appalled the world”. It carries a remark piece on the entrance web page headlined: “The elegant French girl with a core of metal who has turn out to be a heroine to each sufferer of male abuse”.
The Financial Times provides a smiling Pelicot the primary image slot on its entrance web page, underneath the headline: “Resolute: ex-husband of rape survivor Pelicot jailed for 20 years in case that shocked France.”
