Pelicot’s ex-husband jailed for 20 years in French mass rape trial

It’s more than fifty years since Gisele Pelicot married the man convicted for repeatedly raping her and enlisting strangers to abuse her while she lay drugged in their home.

Dominique Pelicot’s horrific abuse spanned more than a decade – targeting not just his unsuspecting wife but other family members and strangers, too.

Dominique Pelicot was first arrested in 2010 for filming up women’s skirts in a shopping centre near their Paris home.

He was released, and the following year began drugging his wife.

But it’s not until 2020 that the footage was discovered by police after they arrested Dominique for upskirting again.

They seized his laptop and found thousands of other photos and videos of him and others raping and abusing Gisele.

The world has been gripped by the trial that followed and led to the conviction of Dominique and 50 other men.

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