Pélicot’s testimony set to be decisive for 50 other men accused of raping his then wife Gisèle over nine-year period
A 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife so he and scores of strangers could assault her has told a French court: “I am a rapist,” as he returned to the dock after illness.
Dominique Pélicot used a cane as he slowly entered the courtroom in the southern city of Avignon. “I am a rapist, like the others in this room,” Pélicot said, referring to the 50 other defendants in the mass trial – men he allegedly recruited online to rape his then wife, Gisèle Pélicot.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/dominique-pelicot-france-rape-trial-testimony
Author : Agence France-Presse in Avignon
Publish date : 2024-09-17 08:50:35
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