The trial that has shocked France: Man accused of recruiting strangers to rape his wife
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In this edition, we report on the trial that’s made headlines in France and across the world. Dominique Pelicot, 71, has admitted to recruiting dozens of strangers online to rape his wife, after drugging her with sleeping pills. Investigators have counted some 200 instances of rape with more than 70 alleged abusers, over almost a decade. The case also highlights the issue of drug-facilitated sexual assaults. Also, how far has the advertising industry actually progressed since the days of "Mad Men"? Annette Young talks to creative copywriter, Claudia Illan, who’s also a Paris jury for the Gerety Awards which are renowned for championing the power of the female lens.
In this special edition, Annette Young heads to Avignon as the Pelicot case enters its closing stages. For nearly a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was regularly drugged by her husband and offered up to strangers for sex. Now seen as the most notorious rape trial ever to be held in this country, we meet...
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