Less than a year after a landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France, an appeals court is set to hear the case of a man challenging his conviction.

Husamettin Dogan, 44, was in December sentenced to nine years in prison for the rape of Gisele Pelicot .

Dogan continues to deny he intended to rape Ms Pelicot and is arguing that he was deceived by her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his wife and offered her to strangers online before filming the assaults.

The construction worker goes on trial on Monday in Nimes, southern France, on charges of aggravated rape by administering substances that impair judgment or self-control.

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In the original proceedings, Ms Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men were convicted of sexually assaulting her bet

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