Daughter of French man who invited men to rape mother speaks of ’descent into hell’

Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging his wife Gisele and inviting strangers to abuse her over a decade

The daughter of a French man on trial for enlisting strangers to rape his drugged wife has described him as probably one of the worst sexual criminals in past 20 years".

Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, has admitted to abusing his wife without her knowledge between 2011 and 2020, drugging her with sleeping pills and then recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her in her own home.