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They pleaded with the judges to hand down sentences that reflected the extent of the suffering of Gisèle Pelicot and her family.

In handing down a harsher sentence, Anderson referred to Moore as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

"If this farm’s handed down to me, I'll have an incredible tax bill to pay," Mr Cunningham said.

“Officers owe a special duty and have a special obligation to keep the trust of the citizens they police,” Judge Wesley L. Hsu, who handed down the sentence, said at the hearing Friday.

There’s no question that the ruling handed down Thursday by Judge Colleen McMahon in New York landed with a thud among lawyers trying to bring such cases.