2024-10-01 18:32:36
The trial against the man who drugged his wife so that other subjects could rape her could be postponed for a long period.
The case of the man who drugged his wife for almost 10 years so that she would be raped by other subjects continues to shock France during the trial that is being carried out against the 51 involved. Under this context, during the last hours it was announced that the judicial process was suspended.
The above, so that a medical team is formed to inform the court regarding the health status of the main accused, who has been absent due to illness. In this sense, Roger Arata, the president of the Vaucluse Criminal Court, told the lawyers that the process will resume on Tuesday at 09:00 French time, with the medical report of Dominique Pelicot.
From this, the decision will be made if it is feasible for the trial to continue, if we have to wait a few more days depending on the evolution of the case. Dominique Pelicotor if it needs to be postponed for a longer time.
In this context, one of the lawyers of the rape victim, Gisèle Pelicot, Antoine Camus, said: “This is becoming in a Chinese torture“. Along those lines, he insisted that postponing the trial “would be the worst because we would start from scratch again.”
What the defense of the main defendant in the case, Dominique Pelicot, said
On the other hand, the defense lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, stated that her client had reported his pain more than a week ago and that he had not yet started receiving treatment.
In fact, just this Sunday the accused was transferred to hospital for a scanwhich revealed that he has a kidney infection.
However, Zavarro explained that despite this result, the man was returned to jail, where he called her to tell her that he would not be able to attend court. “He has not stayed in the hospital for observation. I don’t understand. “I am stupefied”the lawyer told the press.
The jurist insisted that Dominique Pelicot’s illness is not a strategy for a prolonged postponement of the trial and that her client is eager to testify. Regarding this, he assured that he will not request his conditional release in case the trial is postponed, “because “My client’s will is to continue assuming his detention and be detained until the end of this process.”