Defence lawyers plead for defendants in French mass rape trial

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Lawyers for dozens of defendants in a French mass rape trial begin their closing arguments Wednesday after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the suspects.The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious. FRANCE 24 journalist Carys Garland reports from Avignon.

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