dirty dogbed
freshly laundered
happy toddler*
© Rachel Green December 2024
The court in tAvignon erupts in cheers
as Gisèle Pelicot arrives today.
The judgement of her former husband nears
and finally, the victim has her say.
Dominique is jailed for twenty years
for drugging her for all their married life
and selling off her senseless form to peers
to fifty other me who raped his wife.
She rests her weary head on the courtroom wall
as verdicts are read out on Dominique;
the sentence set on for him harshest of all
the other men more lenience to seek.
She waived her right to anonymity
to make the "shame swap sides" for all to see.
Gisèle Pelicot arrives to supporters' cheers
© Rachel Green December 2024
*not so much a haiku as a six-word story
Gisèle's ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, has been sentenced to 20 years.
Jean-Pierre Marechal has been sentenced to 12 years. Prosecutors had requested 17 years
Jacques Cubeau is sentenced to five years.
At 73, Jacques Cubeau is one of the oldest co-accused on trial. He is a lorry driver who spent most of his life on the road throughout Europe. He is a divorced father of two.
Cyrille Delville is sentenced to eight years.
The father-of-two and former football player admitted to rape and said he didn’t know what to do once he realised she was unconscious: "I froze. I was cheating on my wife."
Lionel Rodriguez is sentenced to eight years.
The 44-year-old was an employee in the same supermarket where Dominique Pelicot was caught upskirting in 2020.
Christian Lescole is sentenced to nine years.
Charly Arbo is sentenced to 13 years.
Nicolas Francois is sentenced to eight years and banned from working in jobs with children for several years.
Boris Moulin is sentenced to eight years.
Philippe Leleu is sentenced to five years of which two are suspended.
Joseph Cocco is sentenced to three years.
Fabien Sotton is sentenced to 11 years.
Nizar Hamida is sentenced to 10 years.
Joan Kawai is sentenced to 10 years.
Husamettin Dogan is sentenced to nine years.
Hughes Malago is sentenced to five years.
Andy Rodriguez is sentenced to six years.
Jean Tirano is sentenced to eight years.
In court, he said he could not remember raping Gisèle Pelicot, claiming he was drugged by Dominique Pelicot (something Dominique denied). “I know I’m going to come across as either a liar or an idiot,” he told the court.
Thierry Postat is sentenced to 12 years. He is also banned from working with children for life.
Redouane El Farihi is sentenced to eight years.
Simone Mekenese is sentenced to nine years.
The construction worker and father-of-six was the only defendant Gisele recognised: he lived next door to the Pelicots. Once, Dominique invited him to come to their house to see Gisèle, under the pretext of selling him a bike tyre. Dominique Pelicot “manipulated me and I fell into his trap,” Mekenese said in court.
Thierry Parisis is sentenced to eight years.Adrien Longeron is sentenced to six years.
Jérôme Vilela is sentenced to 13 years.
Didier Sambuchi is sentenced to five years.
Karim Sebaoui is sentenced to 10 years. He is crying.
Vincent Coullet is sentenced to 10 years.
Jean-Marc LeLoup is sentenced to six years.
Patrick Aron is sentenced to six years, but walks free today as he has medical issues and will need to be placed in a special jail, according to the judge.
Mohamed Rafaa is sentenced to eight years.
Mahdi Daoudi is sentenced to eight years.
Ahmed Tbarik is sentenced to eight years.
Patrice Nicolle is sentenced to eight years.
Grégory Serviol is sentenced to eight years.
Abdelali Dallal is sentenced to eight years, but walks free today due to medical issues and will need to placed in a special jail, according to the judge.
The 47-year-old is one of the few men who pleaded guilty, admitting he knew at the time that Gisèle Pelicot was given sleeping pills.
Jean-Luc LA is sentenced to 10 years.
Quentin Hennebert is sentenced to seven years.
The ex-prison guard was selling drugs on a now-closed unmoderated chatroom website when he met Dominique Pelicot. He admitted to rape but told the court he was “a little bit of a victim too”.
Saifeddine Ghabi is sentenced to three years.
Romain Vandevelde is sentenced to 15 years, which is less than what prosecutors had asked for.
Ludovick Blemeur is sentenced to seven years.
Cedric Grassot is sentenced to 12 years.
Cendric Venzin is sentenced to nine years.
Hassan Ouamou receives 12 years.
The 30-year-old is currently on the run in Morocco. He has told investigators he has no intention of returning to France.
The sentences being handed down are generally at least a couple of years lower than what had been asked for by prosecutors.
