2024-09-18 18:18:01
All those accused of raping the woman were subjected to tests that showed they do not have any mental pathology and can face trial in the courts of Avignon, France.
The French police spent two years investigating the technological equipment with which Dominique Pelicot recorded the 72 men who, for almost a decade, came to his house to rape his wife drugged while he was filming them, although only 50 of them are in the dock.
The purpose of the agents was identify each and every one of those who accepted the man’s invitationafter he mixed sleeping pills into her food to render her unable to defend herself.
However, the French police only managed to identify 50 of the subjects, Some of whom visited the victim’s house on several occasions.And it is they, along with Gisèle Pelicot’s husband, who are now facing court on charges of aggravated rape.
Who are the accused of raping the woman in France?
The accused, whose ages range from 26 to 74 yearsare men of all kinds of social and economic conditions, and Many of them have families and children.while others had a partner at the time of being detained by the police forces.
Among them there are workers, a journalist, truck drivers, a computer expert, soldiers, a nurse, carpenters and even a prison guardin what The New York Times called “a kaleidoscope of French middle- and working-class society.”
But in addition to those accused of going to Pélicot’s house to rape the woman, the French press mentions at least a dozen men who were aware of what was happening and although they did not want to participate, they simply chose to not reporting the incident to the policebecoming accomplices.
All the accused were subjected to tests that showed that They do not have any mental pathology or abnormality and are in a condition to face trial..
Regarding the main defendant, the police investigation described him as “a patriarch, manipulator, with a perverse personality“who admitted that he felt “pleasure” when he saw his wife being abused.
How it became known what Pélicot was doing to his wife
The case became known four years ago, when the French police arrested Dominique Pélicot, after Three women reported that he had tried to film them under their skirts.
The agents seized a computer, two cameras and two cell phones, in whose memory they found Thousands of videos and photographs showing men raping their wiveswhile she remained unconscious.
In their report, French police said they found Skype messages, through which he reported that he had already drugged his wife and invited them to rape her while filming themand that the subject met most of his accomplices in a chat room on a website called Without Your Consent.
To find the rapists, the agents had the help of the victim’s own husband, who created an individual folder for each subject, where He wrote down their name, age and phone number, as well as the nicknames by which he knew them, such as Fireman Chris, Quentin, Gaston and Black David..
According to the information provided by the Avignon Prosecutor’s Office, where the defendants are being tried, Dominique Pélicot faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
Gender violence: If you are a victim or witness of economic, psychological, obstetric, physical or sexual violence, you can receive free and confidential advice by calling the National Service for Women and Gender Equality (SernamEG) at 1455. You can also call +569 9700 7000 or the Safe Complaint Hotline: 600 400 0101. If you need psychological, social or legal support, these are the Women’s Centers throughout the country.