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Paris, France (Local)
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John Leicester mainly covers local news in France, focusing on evolving stories and breaking news related to government, politics, and crime. He has covered topics such as missing persons cases, the Notre Dame Cathedral fire recovery process, Paris Olympics preparations, and other events of public interest in France.
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SAINT-MALO, France — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that
By: Thomas Adamson, John Leicester
PARIS -- Howling winds couldn't stop Notre Dame Cathedral's heart from beating again.
By: John Leicester, Thomas Adamson
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By: John Leicester
A panel of five judges in France is delivering verdicts on Thursday for more than four dozen men charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault on Gisèle Pelicot in a historic case that has profoundly shaken the country over the past several months.
By: John Leicester
Among the men on trial is Dominique Pelicot, who admitted that for years, he knocked his wife of 50 years out with drugs so he and strangers he recruited online could abuse her while he filmed the assaults
By: Marine Lesprit, John Leicester, Tom Nouvian
50 other men were also found guilty
By: Marie Lesprit, John Leicester, Tom Nouvian
Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that turned her into a feminist hero, expressing support for other vic…
By: Marine Lesprit, John Leicester, Tom Nouvian
The court sentenced Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious.
By: John Leicester, Tom Nouvian, Marine Lesprit
The court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on all charges and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which was the maximum possible.
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