HEARING REPORT – During this 41e hearing day, the Vaucluse criminal court interrogated Saifeddine G. The father of the family made amends, but he claims to have only mimed going back and forth, without ever having penetrated Gisèle Pelicot.
He is one of the rare accused to have, more or less, admitted the facts. Because if he recognizes a “attempted rape”he never, according to him, penetrated Gisèle Pelicot. Saifeddine G., a 37-year-old truck driver from Tunisia, arrived in France more than 15 years ago. He is married and has three sons. Bald, aviator-style glasses and a long-sleeved navy blue polo shirt, Saifeddine G. appears this Thursday, November 7 before the Vaucluse criminal court for “aggravated rape”. “I recognize that I did not obtain Madame Pelicot’s consent. I am completely aware of the seriousness of the facts. But, this is not to minimize, because it amounts to the same thing, but, for me, it is an attempted rape. I am here so that Madame Pelicot knows the truth”he spontaneously declared on the stand.
On November 3, 2019, Saifeddine G. is on the road, between Fréjus and Nice. It often happens to him, “out of boredom” to consult dating sites. That evening, it was 8 p.m. when…
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