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Dominic Pelicot described himself as “Satan” while appearing in a court after nine months He was jailed for 20 years for raping his ex -wife And inviting dozens of strangers to misuse it.
Mr. Pelicot, 72, Nîmes appeal was in court on Tuesday to provide evidence At the end of last year, there was a demand to overturn the verdict after one of the people convicted of rape.
He told the court that 44 -year -old Hussamatin Dogan knew He came to his house to deliberately misuse themAs Mr. Dogan insisted, she believes that Ms. Pelicot had agreed for a sex game in which she pretended to sleep.
Mr. Pelikot told the court, “He was aware from the beginning.” “They all knew. They all came with the same intentions.”
Mr. Pelicot dismissed Mr. Dogan’s argument in support of his wife, insisting: “I know what they say, but I know what he did and I know what I did. I have accepted what I did and I am paying for it.”
When asked separately, why his wife never doubted that she was being intoxicated and being abused, Mr. Pelicot said: “I did everything so that she does not notice. The person believes in you and does not notice the devil.”
At the end of his evidence, Mr. Pelicot apologized to his family. His ex -wife attended the hearing with her son Florian.
There is no compulsion to participate in Ms. Pelicot proceedings. One of his lawyers, Stephen Babono told the BBC that he feels that he needs to stay there and the responsibility of staying there till the end of the proceedings “.
For the first time on Tuesday, Ms. Pelicot saw her ex -husband as he was in jail last year.
Three months test ended in December FranceBringing sexual violence against women in support and inspiring rallies across the country.
Mr. Pelicot, a former electrician and estate agent, crushed sleeping pills and anti -anxiety drugs in his then wife’s food, and invited to misuse strangers to faint at his home in Provence between 2011 and 2020.
Mr. Dogan was one of the 51 men, and was the only person to challenge the verdict. About 20 cannot be identified and live on a large scale.
Mr. Dogan, who was convicted of increased rape and sentenced to nine -year prison, told the appeal test this week: “I never intended to rape the woman.”
He claims that he was manipulated by Mr. Pelicot, assuming that his wife agreed to a sex game in which she would pretend to sleep.
The court was told on Tuesday in the Nomes that Mr. Dogan had sex with Gisselle and she was “invasive”.
Mr. Pelicot filmed and photographed, which stored images on a computer file called “Abus” (Abuse).
He said that he met Mr. Dogan, a married father of one on a chat room, and told him clearly that he had drugged his wife and was looking for men to come and misuse them.
Mr. Pelicot also refused to pressurize Mr. Dogan to have sex with his wife.
He said, “I never forced anyone, he never needed me,” he said on the second day of the test.
He said: “All the defendants said that I blackmailed them. It’s not true at all,” he said. “I know what they say but I know what they did and I know what I did. I have accepted what I did and I am paying for it.”
Mr. Pelicot told the court in tears that he lives in solitary imprisonment, only visited by his lawyer.
“The only things that I keep walking, there are writing and literature,” he said.
During last year’s test, several defendants claimed that she did not realize that Ms. Pelicot had not agreed, claiming that she believed that it was a couple’s imagination and she was “tricked”.
In the 16 -week trial, 46 people were found guilty of rape, two rape attempts and two sexual assaults.