French judges on Thursday found 51 defendants guilty of the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot during decades of abuse orchestrated by her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot. The former couple’s children said they were “disappointed with the low sentences” which saw defendants handed between three and 20 years in prison. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
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