The youngest man in the dock in the Mazan rape trial reportedly received a 10-year prison sentence after admitting he first raped Gisèle Pélicot on the day she was born of her first child.
Joan Kawai was only 23 years old when he visited the victim for the very first time in the south of France in November 2019, the Avignon court heard in recent months, according to what was noted “The Independent” Friday.
That day, his partner had just given birth to their first daughter, but instead of staying with his newborn, the man decided to visit Gisèle Pélicot, secretly drugged by her husband Dominique. Pélicot, 72, who then offered him as food to rapists.
Just like dozens of other accused, the young man had been recruited via the online chat Coco, on a forum which was entitled “without his knowledge”, reported several French media.
For more than a decade, the septuagenarian had orchestrated the rapes of his wife of the last 50 years by cataloging more than 20,000 videos of the crimes committed over the years at their home in Mazan.
The youngest of the accused even admitted to having returned a second time later, admitting to having never asked Dominique Pélicot if his wife had consented to sexual relations while she was unconscious in front of him, indicated “The Independent “.
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Among the 47 men found guilty of rape on Thursday, the man in his twenties was headed to prison for the next 10 years.
At his side in this historic trial, Dominique Pélicot received the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for his crime.
