Man at centre of Nobel scandal in appeal

Updated November 13 2018 - 2:01am, first published 1:56am
Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, was found guilty on one of two charges of raping a woman back in 2011.
Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, was found guilty on one of two charges of raping a woman back in 2011.

A Frenchman jailed for rape in a scandal that rocked the prestigious Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature has arrived at his appeals trial in Stockholm.

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