Who’re the 51 males who abused Gisèle Pelicot?

Who’re the 51 males who abused Gisèle Pelicot?

The 50 males on trial for raping unconscious grandmother Gisèle Pelicot in a ten-year marketing campaign of sordid secret assaults orchestrated by her husband have been dubbed “Monsieur Tout-le-monde” — Mr Everyman.

They’re males of all walks of life, ranging in age from 27 to 74, who answered Dominique Pelicot’s invitation to abuse his drugged spouse in an on-line chatroom.

On Friday a French court docket discovered 47 males responsible of rape, two responsible of tried rape and two responsible of sexual assault.

Most lived in south-eastern France inside a 60km radius of the village of Mazan, the place the Pelicots retired. One, Simoné Mekenes, 43, was their subsequent door neighbour.

They embrace a firefighter, a journalist, a nurse, a jail guard and a development employee. Some are retired, some are unemployed and three quarters have households of their very own.

One knew he had HIV when he raped Gisèle on six events and selected to not put on a condom, in line with police. She didn’t contract HIV, although she was discovered to produce other sexually transmitted ailments, a medical knowledgeable testified.

Six have earlier convictions for home violence, two have convictions for sexual violence. A complete of 23 have a legal document for offences akin to drunk-driving and possession of medicine.

These are the boys accused of finishing up one of many worst intercourse crimes in French historical past.

1. Dominique Pelicot, 72, retired electrician and development supervisor

Gisèle Pelicot’s husband of just about 50 years, collectively the couple share three grownup youngsters Caroline, David and Florian.

Telling the court docket “I’m a rapist”, he admitted to his crimes, revealing he had began drugging Gisèle in 2011 after 40 years of marriage when he was nearing retirement.

The abuse continued for the subsequent ten years as he continued to sneak tranquilisers into her foods and drinks as he invited others met in an internet chatroom to affix the assaults, which he filmed of their bed room.

He was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to twenty years – the utmost attainable jail time period.

Gisele Pelicot faces her ex-husband Dominique, who orchestrated years of abuse

Gisele Pelicot faces her ex-husband Dominique, who orchestrated years of abuse (AFP through Getty Pictures)

2. Jean-Pierre Marechal, 63, backyard retailer employee

Described by the French media as Pelicot’s “disciple”, he’s the one defendant not accused of raping Gisèle. Nevertheless he admitted to following Pelicot’s lead, drugging his personal spouse for 5 years, raping her and welcoming Pelicot to rape her too.

He has since stated that was he did to his spouse was “atrocious” and admitted: “I used to be a rapist, however I’m not anymore.”

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravated rape of his spouse and sentenced to 12 years.

3. Lionel Rodriguez, 44, grocery store employee

The salesperson labored in the identical grocery store in Carpentras the place Pelicot was first caught filming below ladies’s skirts in 2020.

The daddy of three alleged he was influenced by Pelicot. He stated he “by no means had the intention” of raping Gisèle Pelicot however “as I didn’t have Madame Pelicot’s consent, I can solely say that I did”.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravating components and sentenced to eight years.

4. Jacques Cubeau, 73, former firefighter

The retired father of two, who additionally used to work as a truck driver, instructed the court docket he believed he was participating in a consensual fantasy when he visited the Pelicot’s Mazan house 2020.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years.

5. Cyrille Delville, 54, development employee

With no legal document, the previous beginner footballer has been together with his accomplice for 32 years, with whom he shares two youngsters.

He admitted to rape and stated he didn’t know what to do as soon as he realised she was unconscious: “I froze. I used to be dishonest on my spouse.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

6. Andy Rodriguez, 37, unemployed

An unemployed alcoholic from Carpentras, he was accused of visiting the Pelicot’s house on New Yr’s Eve in 2018 after logging on to the now closed ‘Coco’ web site.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravating components and sentenced to 6 years.

7. Joan Kawai, 27, soldier

The trial heard he missed the delivery of his daughter as a result of he was busy assaulting Gisèle.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

8. Hugues Malago, 39, tiler

The daddy of two daughters denied tried rape after he visited the Pelicot’s in October 2019.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and two aggravating components and sentenced to 5 years.

9. Husamettin Dogan, 43, development employee

Born in Turkey, the daddy was dwelling in Valréas when he met Pelicot on-line. He claimed Pelicot had requested him to participate in a state of affairs by which his spouse would “fake to be asleep”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

10.  Mathieu Dartus, 53, former baker

He alleged he had taken MDMA on the night time he visited the Pelicot’s in October 2020,

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to seven years.

11. Fabien Sotto, 39, unemployed

After experiencing abuse in foster care, the homeless father of 4 spent seven years dwelling on the streets of Toulon. He has a complete of 16 convictions, together with two for home violence.

He admitted to going to Pelicot’s house in August 2018, however insisted “I didn’t go there desiring to rape”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 11 years.

12.  Jean Tirano, 52, roofer

In court docket, he stated he couldn’t bear in mind raping Gisèle, claiming he was drugged by Pelicot, which Pelicot denied. “I do know I’m going to come back throughout as both a liar or an fool,” he instructed the court docket.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

13. Simoné Mekenes, 43, temp employee

The daddy-of-six was the one defendant Gisele recognised as a result of he lived subsequent door. As soon as, Pelicot invited him to come back to their home to see Gisèle, below the pretext of promoting him a motorcycle tyre. Pelicot “manipulated me and I fell into his entice,” Mekenese stated in court docket.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

14. Redouan El Farihi, 55, nurse

The nurse, who was hooked on masturbation, went to Mazan in June 2019 whereas his spouse was away in Morocco for 2 months. He claimed Dominique Pelicot had instructed him that his spouse would fake to be asleep.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

15. Thierry Postat, 61, fridge technician

The daddy of three from northern Paris was accused of visiting Mazan in August 2020.

He additionally confronted fees for the possession of over a thousand items of kid pornography and a few zoophilic photos.

He was sentenced to 12 years. He’s additionally banned from working with youngsters for all times.

16. Jérôme Vilela, 46, ex-volunteer fireman

The divorced father of two was accused of visiting the Pelicot’s house six instances between March and June 2020.

He admitted to realizing Gisèle was drugged, saying he was astonished that any defendants claimed they have been unaware. 

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.

17. Adrien Longeron, 34, web site supervisor

Longeron was the primary of the co-accused to go to the Pelicot house on 14 March 2014, when he was 23.

He denied rape, claiming he believed he was participating in a consensual state of affairs.

“So long as the husband was current, there was no rape,” he instructed the court docket.

He’s already serving a 14-year jail sentence for rape, violence and harassment of three different ladies. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and little one abuse imagery and sentenced to 6 years.

18. Thierry Parisis, 54, mason

A number of months after his divorce in 2020, Parisis went to Mazan after assembly Pelicot within the Coco chatroom.

He was discovered responsible to aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

19. Vincent Coullet, 43, carpenter

Coullet was accused of visiting the Pelicot house in October 2019 and once more in January 202o.

Gisele walked out of the courtroom when he claimed his participation was “was for the couple, to fulfill them”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

20. Didier Sambuchi, 67, retired lorry driver

The married father of two, whose spouse left him, claimed he went to Mazan for a gay relationship in January 2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years.

21. Patrick Aron, 60, unemployed

Aron, who went to Mazan in March 2018 after assembly Pelicot on-line, additionally claimed he had visited hoping for a gay encounter.

He instructed the court docket he did what Pelicot instructed him to as a result of he was ready for their very own sexual liaison.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 6 years, which he’ll serve in a particular jail attributable to well being points.

22. Jean-Marc Leloup, 74, retired lorry driver

The pensioner is the oldest defendant on trial and the court docket heard he had been a swinger and commonly used prostitutes.

He alleged he was tricked and wouldn’t have taken half if he didn’t imagine Gisèle had consented.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 6 years.

23. Karim Sebaoui, 40, IT employee

A Skype trade with Pelicot proved that Sebaoui knew Gisèle was drugged when he requested: “Is the sleeping capsule working?”

He cried as he was sentenced to 10 years for aggravated rape and having little one abuse imagery.

24. Mohamed Rafaa, 70, DJ

Gasps have been heard within the courtroom when the Moroccan-born pensioner insisted: “I’m as a lot a sufferer as (Gisèle) is.”

He was accused of raping the grandmother whereas the Pelicot’s have been on vacation at her daughter’s vacation house on the Île de Ré in Could  2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

25. Dominique Davies, 45, lorry driver

The previous soldier was described Pelicot because the “most complicit” of all of the co-accused after he visited their house in Mazan six instances between 2015 and 2020.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.

26. Cyprien Culieras, 44, forklift driver

Culieras has eight earlier convictions, primarily for theft, and instructed the court docket he visited Mazan in November 2017 to regain self-confidence after intestinal surgical procedure.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 6 years.

27. Mahdi Daoudi, 36, transport employee

Daoudi admitted visiting Mazan in October 2018 however claimed he left when he realised Gisèle was asleep, apologising in court docket. He was sentenced to eight years.

28. Cyril Beaubis, 47, lorry driver

Beaubis visited Mazan in November 2018 after sending photos to Pelicot on-line. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

29. Ahmed Tbarik, 54, plumber

The plumber has been in a relationship for 30 years and has three daughters and 5 grandchildren.

The court docket heard he registered with the Coco web site as a result of he was having “much less intercourse” together with his spouse.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

30. Redouane Azougagh, 40, unemployed

The daddy of 4 has beforehand been convicted of home violence, together with aggravated theft and violence.

He first got here to Mazan in March 2019 and later returned in April. He then demanded cash from Pelicot in trade for his silence.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

31. Patrice Nicolle, 55, electrician

In February 2020, Nicolle went to the Pelicot house in Mazan “for a threesome,” he claimed. He admitted that Pelicot had warned him that his spouse was taking capsules.

Requested if he thought-about informing the police, he instructed the court docket he didn’t suppose he can be believed, including: “I didn’t really feel like losing my time on the police station.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

32. Grégory Serviol, 31, plasterer

Serviol had seven convictions for theft, site visitors offences and drug use. He plunged right into a deep despair following the demise of his untimely daughter and visited Mazan in June 2017.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

33. Abdelali Dallal, 47, unemployed

Dallal’s accomplice waited for him within the automotive whereas he had intercourse with an unconscious Gisèle.

He initially tried to counsel it was not him within the movies of assaults on the Pelicot’s house in Mazan in January and March 2018, earlier than later admitting all fees.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years, suspended attributable to medical points and requirement for particular jail.

34.  Jean-Luc La, 46, mirror maker

The daddy of 4 visited Mazan twice, in February 2018 and March 2019. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

35. Florian Rocca, 32, supply driver

The daddy of three has 9 legal convictions for driving with out a licence, group theft and drug use and concealment.

He claimed he had been instructed he was participating within the Pelicot “couple’s fantasy” when he visited Mazan in December 2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to seven years.

36. Quentin Hennebert, 34, jail guard

Hennebert is suspended from obligation as a guard at Le Pontet jail in Avignon and has been working as an ambulance driver.

He went to Mazan in November 2019. In court docket, he admitted to all the fees towards him. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to seven years.

37. Romain Vandevelde, 63, pensioner

The court docket heard how Pelicot ‘offered’ Gisèle to Vandevelde with out her information in a grocery store encounter.

Regardless of being HIV constructive, he abused her six instances with out utilizing a condom between December 2019 and June 2020. She didn’t contract HIV, although she was discovered to produce other sexually transmitted ailments, a medical knowledgeable testified.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to fifteen years.

38. Cendric Venzin, 44, restaurant supervisor

Convicted a number of instances for drink driving, Venzin first got here to the Pelicot house in 2016 and went a second time in 2018 after connecting with Pelicot on-line.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

39. Omar Douiri, 36, cleaner

Douiri has labored cleansing buses in Avignon for the previous ten years. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

40. Ludovick Blemeur, 39, shopkeeper

Blemeur was accused of raping Gisèle at her daughter’s house close to Paris in December 2019. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to seven years.

41. Saifeddine Ghabi, 36, lorry driver

Ghabi was discovered responsible of sexual assault, however acquitted of rape and tried rape. He obtained a 3 12 months sentence.

He instructed the court docket there was no penetration when he visited Mazan in November 2019.

42. Hassan Ouamou, 30, on the run

Ouamou was tried in absentia after he fled France throughout the investigation.

He already has 13 convictions between 2010 and 2017 for theft, acts of violence, and likewise weapons and medicines offences.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 12 years, though he has instructed investigators he has no intention of returning to France.

43. Paul Grovogui, 31, meals processing employee

Grovogui admitted visiting Mazan as soon as, in broad daylight, in 2016 after making contact with Pelicot on the Coco web site.

He admitted the fees. He instructed the court docket: “I used to be younger, I went there, excuse the time period, for enjoyable. I trusted this gentleman.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

44. Cédric Grassot, 50, laptop technician

In court docket, he instructed Gisele “I used to be your rapist… I used to be your tormentor” as he admitted the fees.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 12 years.

45. Joseph Cocco, 69, retired

Cocca was not charged with rape, however denied sexually assaulting the grandmother after assembly Pelicot for a threesome in June 2020.

Video of the encounter exhibits him touching Gisèle on the buttock as she slept.

He left when he heard her loud night breathing, however didn’t name the police. He was discovered responsible of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to 3 years.

46.  Nicolas François, 42, journalist

The freelance instructed the court docket every morning he would go browsing to the Coco web site to discover a sexual accomplice.

Video of his go to to Mazan in January 2018, which he claimed he thought can be a gay encounter, confirmed his failed try to have intercourse with Gisèle.

François was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and having little one abuse imagery. He was sentenced to eight years and banned from working close to youngsters.

47. Philippe Leleu, 62, gardener

The 62-year-old weight-lifter instructed the court docket: “I didn’t know {that a} finger was rape.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years, of which two are suspended.

48. Boris Moulin, 37, workplace employee

A employee at a transport firm, Moulin went to Mazan in January 2020. He had responded to a proposal from Pelicot for candaulism – a sexual follow or fantasy by which a person exposes his feminine accomplice, or photos of her, to different individuals for his or her pleasure.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

49. Christian Lescole, 57, firefighter

The married father of two daughters instructed the trial his physique, not his mind, dedicated the assault and denied rape.

He was additionally accused of possessing little one porn after Skype exchanges revealed plans for sexual relations with underage ladies.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape however acquitted of getting little one abuse imagery. He was sentenced to 9 years.

50. Nizar Hamida, 41, unemployed

The certified hairdresser has eight earlier convictions, together with for home violence and making an attempt to abduct his little one with a former accomplice.

He instructed the court docket: “I’m not a rapist. Why would I am going and rape a 66-year-old lady?”

He stated the October 2020 sexual encounter was his ‘bachelor celebration’ after marrying a younger lady in Tunisia.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

51. Charly Arbo, 30, temp employee

Arbo was 22 when he went to the Pelicot’s house for the primary time in January 2016. He returned 5 extra instances between December 2018 and June 2020.

It was alleged that Pelicot gave him three sedatives with a purpose to drug his mom, however Arbo insists he threw them away. Police discovered very small traces of sedatives in a pattern of his mom’s hair, however he has not been charged with drugging her.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.


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‘You’ll die like a canine’: Dominique Pelicot’s daughter screams at him as rapist claims he by no means abused her

‘You’ll die like a canine’: Dominique Pelicot’s daughter screams at him as rapist claims he by no means abused her


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The daughter of convicted rapist Dominique Pelicot has screamed that her father will “die alone like a canine” after he insisted he had by no means abused her.

Pelicot has admitted to drugging his spouse of fifty years, Gisèle, and welcoming dozens of strangers he met on-line to rape her. He has been discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to the utmost of 20 years in jail.

He’s additionally accused of drugging his daughter Caroline Darian when she was simply 20 years outdated and taking images of her whereas she was semi bare in lingerie on a mattress. These photos had been discovered years afterward his pc.

Regardless of additionally being discovered responsible of this act, in addition to taking indecent photos of his daughters-in-law, Aurore and Celine, Pelicot insisted on his innocence this morning.

As he professed that he “did nothing” to his daughter, Caroline was heard shouting: “I’ll by no means see you once more! You’ll die alone like a canine!”

In his last assertion the 71-year-old Pelicot mentioned: “I want to look my daughter straight within the eye and inform her that I did nothing [to her].’

Beneath questioning from his lawyer Maitre Zavarro, Pelicot maintained that he had not abused his daughter.

He mentioned: “Even when she not loves me, I do know what I did and I do know what I didn’t do. To inform me to die like a canine doesn’t change my emotions for her.

“If I did take these photos [of Caroline drugged and semi-naked] then I don’t keep in mind taking them.”

The principal suspect accomplished his last assertion this morning. Attorneys for Madame Pelicot will later make their closing statements.

Pelicot admitted that for years he drugged his then spouse of fifty years in order that he and strangers he recruited on-line might abuse her whereas he filmed the assaults.

The appalling ordeal inflicted in what Gisèle had thought was a loving marriage and her braveness in the course of the trial have galvanized campaigners towards sexual violence and spurred requires more durable measures to stamp out rape tradition.

The defendants had been all accused of getting taken half in Pelicot’s sordid rape and abuse fantasies that had been acted out within the couple’s retirement residence within the small Provence city of Mazan and elsewhere.

In whole, 51 males had been convicted for a complete of 428 years. The 5 judges voted by secret poll of their rulings, with majority votes for the convictions and sentences.

Gisèle’s braveness in waiving her proper to anonymity as a survivor of sexual abuse and efficiently pushing for the hearings and stunning proof — together with movies — to be heard in open courtroom have fueled conversations each on a nationwide degree in France and amongst households, {couples} and teams of mates about how you can higher shield ladies and the function that males can play in pursuing that purpose.


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Who’re the 51 males who abused Gisèle Pelicot?

‘Mr Everyman’: Who’re the 51 males who abused Gisèle Pelicot?

The 50 males on trial for raping unconscious grandmother Gisèle Pelicot in a ten-year marketing campaign of sordid secret assaults orchestrated by her husband have been dubbed “Monsieur Tout-le-monde” — Mr Everyman.

They’re males of all walks of life, ranging in age from 27 to 74, who answered Dominique Pelicot’s invitation to abuse his drugged spouse in an on-line chatroom.

On Friday a French courtroom discovered 47 males responsible of rape, two responsible of tried rape and two responsible of sexual assault.

Most lived in south-eastern France inside a 60km radius of the village of Mazan, the place the Pelicots retired. One, Simoné Mekenes, 43, was their subsequent door neighbour.

They embody a firefighter, a journalist, a nurse, a jail guard and a building employee. Some are retired, some are unemployed and three quarters have households of their very own.

One knew he had HIV when he raped Gisèle on six events and selected to not put on a condom, in response to police. She didn’t contract HIV, although she was discovered to produce other sexually transmitted illnesses, a medical skilled testified.

Six have earlier convictions for home violence, two have convictions for sexual violence. A complete of 23 have a felony document for offences equivalent to drunk-driving and possession of medication.

These are the lads accused of finishing up one of many worst intercourse crimes in French historical past.

1.     Dominique Pelicot, 72, retired electrician and building supervisor

Gisèle Pelicot’s husband of just about 50 years, collectively the couple share three grownup youngsters Caroline, David and Florian.

Telling the courtroom “I’m a rapist”, he admitted to his crimes, revealing he had began drugging Gisèle in 2011 after 40 years of marriage when he was nearing retirement.

The abuse continued for the subsequent ten years as he continued to sneak tranquilisers into her foods and drinks as he invited others met in an internet chatroom to hitch the assaults, which he filmed of their bed room.

He was discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to twenty years – the utmost attainable jail time period.

Gisele Pelicot faces her ex-husband Dominique, who orchestrated years of abuse

Gisele Pelicot faces her ex-husband Dominique, who orchestrated years of abuse (AFP through Getty Photos)

2. Jean-Pierre Marechal, 63, backyard retailer employee

Described by the French media as Pelicot’s “disciple”, he’s the one defendant not accused of raping Gisèle. Nonetheless he admitted to following Pelicot’s lead, drugging his personal spouse for 5 years, raping her and alluring Pelicot to rape her too.

He has since stated that was he did to his spouse was “atrocious” and admitted: “I used to be a rapist, however I’m not anymore.”

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravated rape of his spouse and sentenced to 12 years.

3. Lionel Rodriguez, 44, grocery store employee

The salesperson labored in the identical grocery store in Carpentras the place Pelicot was first caught filming beneath girls’s skirts in 2020.

The daddy of three alleged he was influenced by Pelicot. He stated he “by no means had the intention” of raping Gisèle Pelicot however “as I didn’t have Madame Pelicot’s consent, I can solely say that I did”.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravating elements and sentenced to eight years.

4. Jacques Cubeau, 73, former firefighter

The retired father of two, who additionally used to work as a truck driver, advised the courtroom he believed he was participating in a consensual fantasy when he visited the Pelicot’s Mazan residence 2020.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years.

5. Cyrille Delville, 54, building employee

With no felony document, the previous newbie footballer has been together with his accomplice for 32 years, with whom he shares two youngsters.

He admitted to rape and stated he didn’t know what to do as soon as he realised she was unconscious: “I froze. I used to be dishonest on my spouse.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

6. Andy Rodriguez, 37, unemployed

An unemployed alcoholic from Carpentras, he was accused of visiting the Pelicot’s residence on New Yr’s Eve in 2018 after logging on to the now closed ‘Coco’ web site.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and aggravating elements and sentenced to 6 years.

7. Joan Kawai, 27, soldier

The trial heard he missed the beginning of his daughter as a result of he was busy assaulting Gisèle.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

8. Hugues Malago, 39, tiler

The daddy of two daughters denied tried rape after he visited the Pelicot’s in October 2019.

He was discovered responsible of tried rape and two aggravating elements and sentenced to 5 years.

9. Husamettin Dogan, 43, building employee

Born in Turkey, the daddy was residing in Valréas when he met Pelicot on-line. He claimed Pelicot had requested him to participate in a state of affairs by which his spouse would “faux to be asleep”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

10.  Mathieu Dartus, 53, former baker

He alleged he had taken MDMA on the evening he visited the Pelicot’s in October 2020,

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

11. Fabien Sotto, 39, unemployed

After experiencing abuse in foster care, the homeless father of 4 spent seven years residing on the streets of Toulon. He has a complete of 16 convictions, together with two for home violence.

He admitted to going to Pelicot’s residence in August 2018, however insisted “I didn’t go there aspiring to rape”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 11 years.

12.  Jean Tirano, 52, roofer

In courtroom, he stated he couldn’t bear in mind raping Gisèle, claiming he was drugged by Pelicot, which Pelicot denied. “I do know I’m going to return throughout as both a liar or an fool,” he advised the courtroom.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

13. Simoné Mekenes, 43, temp employee

The daddy-of-six was the one defendant Gisele recognised as a result of he lived subsequent door. As soon as, Pelicot invited him to return to their home to see Gisèle, beneath the pretext of promoting him a motorcycle tyre. Pelicot “manipulated me and I fell into his entice,” Mekenese stated in courtroom.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

14. Redouan El Farihi, 55, nurse

The nurse, who was hooked on masturbation, went to Mazan in June 2019 whereas his spouse was away in Morocco for 2 months. He claimed Dominique Pelicot had advised him that his spouse would faux to be asleep.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

15. Thierry Postat, 61, fridge technician

The daddy of three from northern Paris was accused of visiting Mazan in August 2020.

He additionally confronted expenses for the possession of over a thousand items of kid pornography and a few zoophilic photos.

He was sentenced to 12 years. He’s additionally banned from working with youngsters for all times.

16. Jérôme Vilela, 46, ex-volunteer fireman

The divorced father of two was accused of visiting the Pelicot’s residence six instances between March and June 2020.

He admitted to realizing Gisèle was drugged, saying he was astonished that any defendants claimed they have been unaware. 

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.

17. Adrien Longeron, 34, web site supervisor

Longeron was the primary of the co-accused to go to the Pelicot residence on 14 March 2014, when he was 23.

He denied rape, claiming he believed he was participating in a consensual state of affairs.

“So long as the husband was current, there was no rape,” he advised the courtroom.

He’s already serving a 14-year jail sentence for rape, violence and harassment of three different girls. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and youngster abuse imagery and sentenced to 6 years.

18. Thierry Parisis, 54, mason

A number of months after his divorce in 2020, Parisis went to Mazan after assembly Pelicot within the Coco chatroom.

He was discovered responsible to aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

19. Vincent Coullet, 43, carpenter

Coullet was accused of visiting the Pelicot residence in October 2019 and once more in January 202o.

Gisele walked out of the courtroom when he claimed his participation was “was for the couple, to fulfill them”.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

20. Didier Sambuchi, 67, retired lorry driver

The married father of two, whose spouse left him, claimed he went to Mazan for a gay relationship in January 2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years.

21. Patrick Aron, 60, unemployed

Aron, who went to Mazan in March 2018 after assembly Pelicot on-line, additionally claimed he had visited hoping for a gay encounter.

He advised the courtroom he did what Pelicot advised him to as a result of he was ready for their very own sexual liaison.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 6 years, which he’ll serve in a particular jail on account of well being points.

22. Jean-Marc Leloup, 74, retired lorry driver

The pensioner is the oldest defendant on trial and the courtroom heard he had been a swinger and recurrently used prostitutes.

He alleged he was tricked and wouldn’t have taken half if he didn’t consider Gisèle had consented.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 6 years.

23. Karim Sebaoui, 40, IT employee

A Skype alternate with Pelicot proved that Sebaoui knew Gisèle was drugged when he requested: “Is the sleeping capsule working?”

He cried as he was sentenced to 10 years for aggravated rape and having youngster abuse imagery.

24. Mohamed Rafaa, 70, DJ

Gasps have been heard within the courtroom when the Moroccan-born pensioner insisted: “I’m as a lot a sufferer as (Gisèle) is.”

He was accused of raping the grandmother whereas the Pelicot’s have been on vacation at her daughter’s vacation residence on the Île de Ré in Might  2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

25. Dominique Davies, 45, lorry driver

The previous soldier was described Pelicot because the “most complicit” of all of the co-accused after he visited their residence in Mazan six instances between 2015 and 2020.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

26. Cyprien Culieras, 44, forklift driver

Culieras has eight earlier convictions, primarily for theft, and advised the courtroom he visited Mazan in November 2017 to regain self-confidence after intestinal surgical procedure.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

27. Mahdi Daoudi, 36, transport employee

Daoudi admitted visiting Mazan in October 2018 however claimed he left when he realised Gisèle was asleep, apologising in courtroom. He was sentenced to eight years.

28. Cyril Beaubis, 47, lorry driver

Beaubis visited Mazan in November 2018 after sending footage to Pelicot on-line. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

29. Ahmed Tbarik, 54, plumber

The plumber has been in a relationship for 30 years and has three daughters and 5 grandchildren.

The courtroom heard he registered with the Coco web site as a result of he was having “much less intercourse” together with his spouse.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

30. Redouane Azougagh, 40, unemployed

The daddy of 4 has beforehand been convicted of home violence, together with aggravated theft and violence.

He first got here to Mazan in March 2019 and later returned in April. He then demanded cash from Pelicot in alternate for his silence.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

31. Patrice Nicolle, 55, electrician

In February 2020, Nicolle went to the Pelicot residence in Mazan “for a threesome,” he claimed. He admitted that Pelicot had warned him that his spouse was taking drugs.

Requested if he thought of informing the police, he advised the courtroom he didn’t assume he could be believed, including: “I didn’t really feel like losing my time on the police station.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

32. Grégory Serviol, 31, plasterer

Serviol had seven convictions for theft, site visitors offences and drug use. He plunged right into a deep despair following the loss of life of his untimely daughter and visited Mazan in June 2017.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

33. Abdelali Dallal, 47, unemployed

Dallal’s accomplice waited for him within the automotive whereas he had intercourse with an unconscious Gisèle.

He initially tried to recommend it was not him within the movies of assaults on the Pelicot’s residence in Mazan in January and March 2018, earlier than later admitting all expenses.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years, suspended on account of medical points and requirement for particular jail.

34.  Jean-Luc La, 46, mirror maker

The daddy of 4 visited Mazan twice, in February 2018 and March 2019. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

35. Florian Rocca, 32, supply driver

The daddy of three has 9 felony convictions for driving and not using a licence, group theft and drug use and concealment.

He claimed he had been advised he was participating within the Pelicot “couple’s fantasy” when he visited Mazan in December 2019.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

36. Quentin Hennebert, 34, jail guard

Hennebert is suspended from responsibility as a guard at Le Pontet jail in Avignon and has been working as an ambulance driver.

He went to Mazan in November 2019. In courtroom, he admitted to all the costs towards him. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to seven years.

37. Romain Vandevelde, 63, pensioner

The courtroom heard how Pelicot ‘offered’ Gisèle to Vandevelde with out her data in a grocery store encounter.

Regardless of being HIV optimistic, he abused her six instances with out utilizing a condom between December 2019 and June 2020. She didn’t contract HIV, although she was discovered to produce other sexually transmitted illnesses, a medical skilled testified.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

38. Cendric Venzin, 44, restaurant supervisor

Convicted a number of instances for drink driving, Venzin first got here to the Pelicot residence in 2016 and went a second time in 2018 after connecting with Pelicot on-line.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 9 years.

39. Omar Douiri, 36, cleaner

Douiri has labored cleansing buses in Avignon for the previous ten years. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

40. Ludovick Blemeur, 39, shopkeeper

Blemeur was accused of raping Gisèle at her daughter’s residence close to Paris in December 2019. He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

41. Saifeddine Ghabi, 36, lorry driver

Ghabi was discovered responsible of sexual assault, however acquitted of rape and tried rape.

He advised the courtroom there was no penetration when he visited Mazan in November 2019.

42. Hassan Ouamou, 30, on the run

Ouamou was tried in absentia after he fled France through the investigation.

He already has 13 convictions between 2010 and 2017 for theft, acts of violence, and likewise weapons and medicines offences.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

43. Paul Grovogui, 31, meals processing employee

Grovogui admitted visiting Mazan as soon as, in broad daylight, in 2016 after making contact with Pelicot on the Coco web site.

He admitted the costs. He advised the courtroom: “I used to be younger, I went there, excuse the time period, for enjoyable. I trusted this gentleman.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

44. Cédric Grassot, 50, laptop technician

In courtroom, he advised Gisele “I used to be your rapist… I used to be your tormentor” as he admitted the costs.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape.

45. Joseph Cocco, 69, retired

Cocca was not charged with rape, however denied sexually assaulting the grandmother after assembly Pelicot for a threesome in June 2020.

Video of the encounter reveals him touching Gisèle on the buttock as she slept.

He left when he heard her snowing, however didn’t name the police. He was discovered responsible of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to 3 years.

46.  Nicolas François, 42, journalist

The freelance advised the courtroom every morning he would go browsing to the Coco web site to discover a sexual accomplice.

Video of his go to to Mazan in January 2018, which he claimed he thought could be a gay encounter, confirmed his failed try to have intercourse with Gisèle.

François was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and having youngster abuse imagery. He was sentenced to eight years and banned from working close to youngsters.

47. Philippe Leleu, 62, gardener

The 62-year-old weight-lifter advised the courtroom: “I didn’t know {that a} finger was rape.”

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 5 years, of which two are suspended.

48. Boris Moulin, 37, workplace employee

A employee at a transport firm, Moulin went to Mazan in January 2020. He had responded to a proposal from Pelicot for candaulism – a sexual apply or fantasy by which a person exposes his feminine accomplice, or photos of her, to different individuals for his or her pleasure.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years.

49. Christian Lescole, 57, firefighter

The married father of two daughters advised the trial his physique, not his mind, dedicated the assault and denied rape.

He was additionally accused of possessing youngster porn after Skype exchanges revealed plans for sexual relations with underage women.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape however acquitted of getting youngster abuse imagery. He was sentenced to 9 years.

50. Nizar Hamida, 41, unemployed

The certified hairdresser has eight earlier convictions, together with for home violence and attempting to abduct his youngster with a former accomplice.

He advised the courtroom: “I’m not a rapist. Why would I am going and rape a 66-year-old girl?”

He stated the October 2020 sexual encounter was his ‘bachelor celebration’ after marrying a younger girl in Tunisia.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 10 years.

51. Charly Arbo, 30, temp employee

Arbo was 22 when he went to the Pelicot’s residence for the primary time in January 2016. He returned 5 extra instances between December 2018 and June 2020.

It was alleged that Pelicot gave him three sedatives as a way to drug his mom, however Arbo insists he threw them away. Police discovered very small traces of sedatives in a pattern of his mom’s hair, however he has not been charged with drugging her.

He was discovered responsible of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.


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Amy-Clare Martin , 2024-12-19 13:36:00

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Man sexually abused by monk on distant Welsh island says ‘extra must be finished’



Kevin O’Connell is one in all greater than a dozen individuals who was abused by a late monk on Caldey Island, off the coast of Pembrokeshire.


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George Thompson , 2024-12-10 17:49:00

Intercourse offender David John Andrews who abused practically 50 youngsters after posing as a teenage boy on-line is jailed | UK Information


A prolific intercourse offender who abused practically 50 youngsters after posing as a teenage boy on Snapchat and Instagram has been jailed for 27 years.

David John Andrews, 55, from Northern Eire, had pleaded responsible to 130 expenses of sexual abuse, which includes 47 victims, 46 of whom are youngsters.

His youngest sufferer was an eight-year-old lady.

Many of the offences relate to so-called catfishing, the place an individual pretends to be another person on-line to deceive others, however some relate to the direct abuse of a weak grownup girl.

Police have mentioned it’s clear his offending, which concerned coercing victims into sending him nude pictures, unfold throughout the UK.

PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Jill Duffie described Andrews as a “heinous youngster predator”.

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Abbey head apologises to kids sexually abused by late monk after cover-up


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The pinnacle of a Welsh abbey has apologised for the “nice struggling” endured by kids who have been raped by a late monk in addition to the “tradition of secrecy and cover-up” that saved his abuse hidden.

It comes after an impartial assessment discovered Father Thaddeus Kotik, who died in 1992, lured younger women and boys into the monastery backyard, the place he would sexually abuse, together with rape, them over the course of a few years – and that leaders inside the order and abbey repeatedly did not report allegations of his abuse to authorities.

Father Jan Rossey, who final yr turned the Abbot of Caldey Abbey, which sits on an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire in west Wales and is dwelling to Cistercian Order monks, admitted that “it’s clear alternatives have been missed to cease the abuse of kids” on Tuesday after he commissioned the assessment into alleged historic youngster intercourse abuse by monks.

The assessment, led by former assistant police and crime commissioner at South Wales Police, Jan Pickles, examined allegations courting from the late Nineteen Sixties to 1992, made by individuals who skilled abuse on the distant Welsh island as kids, some who lived there and others who visited.

The assessment concluded that Kotik, who sexually abused women and boys whereas he was a monk on the abbey, used a tortoise and “different engaging treats” to entice kids into the monastery backyard, the place he would sexually abuse them.

The report additionally mentioned he “groomed” dad and mom by “overwhelming” them with consideration, providing babysitting assist and giving small items.

Ms Pickles wrote: “The character of the abuse carried out by (Thaddeus Kotik) various in accordance with the sufferer’s accounts. It concerned women and boys, and most have been pre-pubescent. Victims describe being fondled, held tightly by him and being digitally penetrated, and rape.

“The abuse within the case of some victims continued over a interval of a few years, as kids returned to Caldey with their households for holidays and, in some instances, TK would go to them at their dwelling on the island.”

Ms Pickles added that there are sufficient similarities inside the instances she examined to point that he “employed a number of acutely aware and sophisticated methods to interact, search and safe the belief of fogeys and their kids to create alternatives for himself inside plain sight of all”, which enabled him to abuse kids for years.

She mentioned there seems to have been a failure of management on the highest degree inside the order and abbey, with repeated and frequent allegations of kid sexual abuse by the monk not being reported to authorities.

Within the wake of the report, Father Rossey mentioned: “It’s with deep sorrow and remorse that I’ve learn within the assessment of the good struggling of kids who have been abused by Father Thaddeus Kotik and the closed tradition of secrecy and cover-up which saved this hidden.

“It’s clear alternatives have been missed to cease the abuse of kids. It’s notably heartbreaking to listen to kids spoke as much as adults and no motion was taken.

“Kids and their households have been failed when they need to have been supported and listened to. The abuses ought to have been reported to the statutory authorities.

“On behalf of the monastic group, I sincerely apologise to all those that have been harm and have suffered due to the abuse of Thaddeus Kotik, and previous failures in not defending kids and their households.

“It’s notably odious when abuse is dedicated and hidden by people who find themselves in positions of belief due to their monastic or priestly vocation.”

He mentioned he has ensured “many safeguarding enhancements have been put in place” since he turned abbot.

The assessment into historic allegations at Caldey follows an impartial probe into the Church of England’s dealing with of allegations of abuse by the late John Smyth, which mentioned the barrister’s “abhorrent” abuse of greater than 100 kids and younger males was coated up for years.


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Tara Cobham , 2024-12-10 09:54:00

Former BBC journalist jailed for paying to observe kids being abused

A former BBC journalist has been jailed for eight years after paying cash to observe livestreams of kids being sexually abused within the Philippines.

Duncan Bartlett, 52, was sentenced at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket in north London after pleading responsible to 35 offences in August.

The Metropolitan Police mentioned he was first arrested in September 2021, after the drive recieved intelligence which linked him to accessing indecent photos of kids.

They seized his digital units which uncovered 6,000 indecent photos, and held information of funds to the Philippines to individuals who organised the abuse of kids.

A number of the victims have been recognized and put underneath safeguarding measures within the Philippines, Scotland Yard mentioned.

Bartlett was previously the BBC’s correspondent in Tokyo, and he spent 15 years working for the BBC World Service.

Bartlett pleaded responsible to 11 counts of inflicting a lady underneath 13 to interact in sexual exercise, 9 counts of inflicting a lady 13-15 to interact in sexual exercise, 10 counts of paying for the sexual companies of woman underneath 13, three fees of constructing indecent photos of kids, and two offences of encouraging the fee of both approach offences

Detective Constable Emily Dawson who led the investigation mentioned: “Over a interval of seven years, Bartlett made a number of funds to individuals within the Philippines asking that they organize kids to be sexually exploited for his personal gratification.

“With shut liaison work with our counterparts within the Philippines, we managed to establish and safeguard a few of these kids whereas a number of adults had been arrested.

“Bartlett’s behaviour was totally abhorrent however because of the painstaking work of detectives, a case documenting his offending was put collectively – this left him with no possibility however to confess his guilt.”


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Holly Evans , 2024-12-10 00:13:00

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Israeli passenger ‘abused’ at main UK airport over October 7 | UK | Information

An Israeli creator has alleged that he was subjected to antisemitic abuse by employees at Luton Airport, leaving them to launch an investigation.

Alon Penzel claimed he was hassled by safety on the airport as he ready to fly to Tel Aviv, Israel.

He was carrying a T-shirt which had the slogan ‘Finish Jew Hatred’ emblazoned throughout it. He was additionally carrying an indication which promoted his ebook titled ‘Testimonies With out Boundaries Israel: October seventh’.

October seventh refers back to the date of Hamas’ terror assault in Israel final yr, which noticed over 1,200 Israelis killed.

Antisemitic abuse has been on the rise since October 7 as Israel’s conflict towards Hamas continues. The Gaza Well being Ministry says Israel‘s army has killed practically 45,000 folks within the Palestinian territory.

Mr Penzel says he was stopped by a safety guard who instructed him his signal was “offensive”, stories The Telegraph.

The creator, 23, had been in London to debate his ebook, which incorporates first-hand accounts from those that survived Hamas captivity.

He mentioned: “I had already been by way of safety and I used to be strolling to the gate when a safety man got here as much as me, and requested me if I used to be a protester.

“I used to be puzzled. I mentioned ‘no, I’m simply attempting to catch my flight’. He pointed at my signal and mentioned that some folks might discover it offensive. I requested why and he mentioned it was offensive as a result of there was an unlawful occupation since 1948. It was then that I realised one thing else was happening.”

He continued: “I felt like this was pure antisemitism. I used to be telling them I used to be not a protester.

“They mentioned they have been reviewing CCTV footage of me as a result of protests are usually not allowed within the airport. Ultimately, they let me go. There was no apology, nothing.”

Mr Penzel is now taking authorized motion over the incident. He’s being represented by UK Attorneys for Israel.

In a letter to Luton Airport, they mentioned: “[The security guard] was attempting to make his personal political level that in some way the bloodbath on 7 October was Israel’s personal fault and was a sort of payback for Israel’s historic wrongs.

“Furthermore he appeared responsible Mr Prenzel for the imagined actions of previous Israeli governments. He gave the impression to be punishing Mr Penzel, on the premise of his personal antisemitic perspective, by detaining him.

“[The security guard] seems to have harassed Mr Penzel, and brought on him to be detained for over an hour, on the premise that he was clearly Jewish and Israeli.”

Luton Airport’s normal counsel, Mee-Ling Skeffington, responded to the letter.

She mentioned: “An investigation has began and is ongoing. You’ll recognize we can’t remark additional on that course of, nevertheless we will verify it is going to be thorough and we are going to take applicable motion based mostly on the findings. We won’t condone intolerance, whether or not due to race or faith.”

An airport spokesman mentioned: “Employees have been alerted to the presence of a passenger who gave the impression to be carrying a placard on the boarding gate for a flight to Tel Aviv.

“To make sure the protection of passengers, police have been requested to attend, earlier than the person was allowed to board his flight and proceed his journey.”


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Charlie Bradley , 2024-12-07 16:04:00

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Sugar inheritor abused girlfriend as a result of they had been sat subsequent to a homosexual couple at a restaurant

A sugar inheritor beat up his girlfriend in a rage as a result of they had been sat close to a homosexual couple in a restaurant in Palm Seaside, Florida.

Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, 39, generally known as Nico, attacked his girlfriend at his house on January 28 when she requested him to cease being irate over their restaurant go to, Palm Seaside Police Division stated.

Newly-released bodycam footage, obtained by Legislation & Crime, reveals officers responding to the scene and arresting Fanjul.

Within the video, an officer is heard describing how he arrived to a scene of “disarray,” listening to the couple screaming inside the house and recognizing the commotion via a crack within the door.

On getting into the house, the officer says he discovered Fanjul standing over his girlfriend and “drops and trails of blood” main from the place the sufferer stated she was dragged.

“She had her purse on her. He kicked her, threw her to the ground, ripped it off her shoulder. She doesn’t know the place her purse is, her telephone is. She’s beat up fairly good,” the officer says.

Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, 39, attacked his girlfriend at his home on January 28

Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, 39, attacked his girlfriend at his house on January 28 (Palm Seaside Police Division)

Chairs had additionally been flipped the other way up, carpets had been misplaced and lots of different gadgets had been knocked over or thrown onto the ground, the officer stated in arrest paperwork.

In line with courtroom paperwork, seen by Legislation and Crime, the sufferer instructed police Fanjul choked her across the neck to the purpose the place she struggled to breathe.

The lady had bruises and redness round her neck constant together with her account.

Fanjul was arrested and charged with seven counts together with false imprisonment, petit theft, felony battery, tampering with a witness, sufferer or informant, battery, legal mischief and the possession of cocaine, Palm Seaside County courtroom data present.

Newly-released bodycam footage shows officers responding to the scene and arresting Fanjul

Newly-released bodycam footage reveals officers responding to the scene and arresting Fanjul (Palm Seaside Police Division)

He pleaded responsible on November 4 to petit theft, legal mischief, and felony battery, with the courtroom withholding adjudication of that ultimate cost. He was sentenced to 4 years’ probation.

Fanjul is the eldest son of Alexander Fanjul Sr., a director and senior vp of Florida Crystals.

The West Palm Seaside-based firm is likely one of the largest sugar producers within the southeastern US, in accordance with The Palm Seaside Submit. The 39-year-old doesn’t work for the corporate.

The Impartial has contacted Palm Seaside Police Division and Florida Crystals for remark.


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Madeline Sherratt , 2024-12-04 14:31:00