One of 50 foreign men who assaulted the woman Gisèle Pelicot in a high-profile rape case in France does not want to be labeled as a rapist. The case is now being tried in a higher court. Outside the court, Gisèle Pelicot is met with applause.
WorldCaroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot, who is one of France's worst rapists of all time, has reported her father for sexual abuse.
WorldFor several years, Frenchman Dominique Pelicot coerced his wife Gisèle into being raped and invited other men to assault her. Now, Pelicot has been questioned about new crimes – including a murder – committed in the 90s.
WorldDominique Pelicot was well aware of what he did and he is not sick. That's what Caroline Darian, daughter of one of France's worst rapists of all time, says. He is a dangerous man, no chance that he will be released.
WorldThe founder of a website used to commit sexual offenses is formally accused of a crime, according to prosecutors in France. The website has, among other things, been used by Dominique Pelicot.
WorldThe Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment for, among other things, aggravated rape following a series of assaults on his drugged wife, will not appeal the verdict, announces his lawyer.
World20 years in prison has been described as too little. But it is the maximum sentence for rape in France, and therefore Dominique Pelicot is expected to get it when the judges now rule in one of the most talked-about sexual offense cases of all time.
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