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Dominique Pelicot has been labelled one of the worst sexual offenders in France's recent history with the case sending shockwaves across France and the world.
In the evening, Dominique Pelicot would often cook dinner for his wife and bring her ice cream before bed.
"I used to say to him: how lucky am I, you're a darling, you really look after me," Gisèle Pelicot told the court.
But between 2011 and 2020, he crushed sedatives into her food or slipped them into her drink.
While she slept, Dominique would take her pyjamas off, dress her in lingerie and allow men, sometimes more than one per night, to come to their house and assault her, often while she snored, and he filmed.
Aged between 26 and 74, the 51 defendants came from all walks of life.
If not for a security guard in the supermarket noticing Dominique was filming up women's skirts with a hidden camera and pushing for charges, this would have continued with Gisele completely unaware.
When the police got involved, they seized his electronic devices then raided the house where they found hundreds of videos and photos of abuse.
www.abc.net.au
In the evening, Dominique Pelicot would often cook dinner for his wife and bring her ice cream before bed.
"I used to say to him: how lucky am I, you're a darling, you really look after me," Gisèle Pelicot told the court.
But between 2011 and 2020, he crushed sedatives into her food or slipped them into her drink.
While she slept, Dominique would take her pyjamas off, dress her in lingerie and allow men, sometimes more than one per night, to come to their house and assault her, often while she snored, and he filmed.
Aged between 26 and 74, the 51 defendants came from all walks of life.
If not for a security guard in the supermarket noticing Dominique was filming up women's skirts with a hidden camera and pushing for charges, this would have continued with Gisele completely unaware.
When the police got involved, they seized his electronic devices then raided the house where they found hundreds of videos and photos of abuse.
All 51 men found guilty in French mass rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero
The 72-year-old had the choice to stay anonymous and undertake the trial in secret. She chose the opposite, saying she wanted to prevent what happened to her happening to anyone else. WARNING: This story contains details of sexual assault.
www.abc.net.au
