New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A French appeals court handed a stiffer 10-year sentence Thursday to the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisele Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious.

Husamettin Dogan, a 44-year-old construction worker, had been sentenced to nine years in prison in the first drugging-and-rape trial last year that riveted France and turned Pelicot into a global icon against sexual violence. The appeals jury was composed of three judges as well as 9 ordinary citizens. The first trial that gave Dogan a lesser sentence was heard by five judges.

His lawyer, Jean-Marc Darrigade, said Dogan won't appeal again. "He's very tired and accepts the decision," the attorney said. "The extra year is more symbolic than an...