Gisele Pelicot faces one of her attackers in court again

GISELE PELICOT was greeted with applause yesterday as she returned to court to face one of the men convicted of raping her - less than a year after the trial that turned her into a global icon.

- By Matthew Dooley

Mrs Pelicot, 72, arrived at the appeal hearing of Husamettin Dogan with her son Florian and shook hands with supporters.

Her lawyer Antoine Camus said she would have preferred not to face the ordeal of attending another trial, but he told reporters: “She will be there to explain a rape is a rape, that there is no such thing as a small rape.”

Dogan, 44, who arrived wearing sunglasses and a face mask, denies he intended to rape her.