The trial that focused on the horrific sexual assault of Gisèle Pelicot saw 51 men convicted, but she wasn't the only victim. WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse
When Dominique Pelicot 's daughter, Caroline Darian , was summoned to the police station and shown the photos, she was confused.It was only when police pointed out the birthmark on her face that she realised.On his computer, police discovered a folder named, 'Around my daughter, naked'. She recounted her experiences"Gisèle was raped while drugged.
Investigators in the Paris suburb of Nanterre reopened the cases after the 72-year-old was first arrested for raping his wife in 2020.Photo shows The spire of an old church, visible in the distance, through trees. , she told police that she was choked, threatened with a knife, forced to lie on her stomach and then rendered unconscious with a soaked cloth placed over her mouth.Pelicot was 46 at the time and a former estate agent himself.
Police noticed similarities between this case and an earlier cold case — the rape and murder of estate agent Sophie Narme in December 1991. Lawyers Antoine Camus, right, and Stephane Babonneau, second from right, were key parts of Gisèle Pelicot's legal team.Her lawyer Antoine Camus told the court the Pelicot family is concerned there may be even more crimes yet to be uncovered.
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