Paris: Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman accused of drugging his spouse and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over a decade, has admitted to the varied felony costs he faces in a carefully watched trial, French media reported.
Dominique Pelicot had been on account of testify final week within the case that has shocked France, however his look was delayed on account of well being points. He appeared in courtroom on Tuesday with a cane.
“I admit to the fees of their entirety,” Dominique Pelicot, 71, was cited as saying by BFM TV, whose reporter was current within the courthouse, including: “I’m a rapist similar to all of the others on this room. They knew every part.
“I ask my spouse, my youngsters, my grandchildren to simply accept my apologies. I remorse what I did. I ask in your forgiveness, even when it’s not forgivable.”
Prosecutors have stated Dominique Pelicot provided intercourse together with his spouse of fifty years, Gisele Pelicot, on a web site and filmed the abuse over a number of years. Along with Dominique Pelicot, 50 different males accused of participating are on trial, which is happening within the southern metropolis of Avignon. The opposite males up to now haven’t commented on their costs.
Gisele Pelicot, now aged 72, insisted on a public trial to reveal her ex-husband and the opposite males accused of raping her.
Dominique Pelicot’s unhealthy well being – associated to kidney stones – required the judges to push again his listening to a number of instances final week. His lawyer beforehand stated he needed to make use of the listening to to express regret to his household.
“I don’t blame her for something, I used to be very blissful along with her – she was the other of my mom, utterly rebellious,” nationwide newspaper Le Figaro reported Pelicot telling the courtroom in reference to his ex-wife, earlier than including that “I by no means touched my youngsters or grandchildren.”