As she walked into the courtroom on Thursday to hear the verdicts in a historic drugging-and-rape trial, Gisèle Pelicot wore a special brightly coloured scarf around her neck. The scarf had been handmade and sent to her by a women’s rights group in Australia, in a show of support and solidarity with Pelicot.

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As she walked into the courtroom on Thursday to hear the verdicts in a historic drugging-and-rape trial, Gisèle Pelicot wore a special brightly coloured scarf around her neck. The scarf had been handmade and sent to her by a women’s rights group in Australia, in a show of support and solidarity with Pelicot.