Three months after it started, the mass rape trial that shocked France and the world is about to come to a close. In this staggering case, Dominique Pelicot, 72, is accused of having drugged and raped his ex-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, for years as well as having invited dozens of other men to rape her in the couple's bedroom while she was unconscious. In total, 51 men are standing trial, including Dominique Pelicot.

The verdicts are expected on Thursday.

Our articles on the trial

• The 51 defendants in a historic trial
• News analysis: Time for humility
• Gisèle Pelicot, invincible even against 'lowest depths of the human soul'
• 48 days in the 'swamp' of the Pelicot rape trial: What Le Monde's court reporters saw
• The Le Monde article that revealed the case: 'She's his wife, he does what he wants': How Dominique P. drugged his spouse and let over 50 men rape her

Journalist Lorraine de Foucher was awarded France's top journalism prize for her work.

• The Pelicot rape trial is causing introspection and division among men: 'Am I part of the problem?'
• Decades after a landmark rape trial in France, the Pelicot case shows 'shame has changed sides'