The two attorneys general began their indictment on Monday, November 25, which will continue this Tuesday, November 26 before the Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon. The requisitions last ten to twenty years for the accused suspected of having participated in these aggravated rapes under chemical control.
They take turns from morning until evening, and the requested years of prison accumulate. “Twenty years is the maximum sentence. It is both a lot and too little considering the seriousness of the acts committed and repeated” says general advocate Laure Chabaud, who demands against “the keystone of this whole issue”Dominique Pelicot, 72 years old, first target this Monday, November 25 at the Mazan rape trial.
A security detention measure rarely requested
She adds “a 10-year socio-judicial follow-up” and asks, rare measure, “that at the end of his sentence he is subject to a review of his situation with a view to a possible measure of secure detention”
Intended for convicts presenting at the end of their sentence “a very high probability of recurrence”the system allows detention to be extended by one year, renewable. Curiously, however, no special security sentence, which could extend to two-thirds, or thirteen years, is requested against the main accused in this “extraordinary” case.
At least a hundred rapes that he himself inflicted on his wife, thanks to “780 Temesta tablets, or even 1,560 in the event of renewal” what was prescribed “this very pathological personality, dominated by splitting and denial. Summarizing it to two sides is in reality too simplistic”.
Criminal behavior over several decades
She shares her feelings about the future “which can only be particularly dark” of the accused. “We must question the sincerity of what was heard at this hearing” in this man whose “the perversion extends beyond the relationship with his wife.”
And it recalls the two cold cases in Nanterre, where he was indicted for murder and rape: “We can conclude the persistence of his criminal behavior over several decades.” Jean-François Mayet, the other general advocate, notes that “this trial is shaking up our society in its relationship with others. The challenge is to fundamentally change the relationships between men and women. It is clear that there is still a long way to go, to that our society changes its outlook on rape, as Gisèle Pelicot ardently invites us to do.”
17 years required against his sinister disciple
Then he moves on to Jean-Pierre Maréchal, this father of the family who is the only one not to be judged for having abused Gisèle: he attacked his own wife, on the advice of Dominique Pelicot, who also raped this other victim of chemical submission.
“Others were offered it. He is the only one to have completed the process. Sexual desire alone seems to have been the driving force behind both individuals” he notes, demanding 17 years in prison for this sinister disciple. Before attacking the other accused, the attorneys general narrow down certain lines of defense in advance, denouncing “the ill-tailored suit of the accused victim”.
“A reasoning from another age”
Couple's game, libertine scenario, Pelicot's influence, even administration of drugs without their knowledge? Inaudible, recalls Laure Chabaud, who brings the facts back to the consent of Gisèle Pelicot, which no one requested.
“In 2024, we can no longer consider that because she said nothing, that she agreed. We are in reasoning from another age.”
Compliant with current rape case law in France
In the afternoon, the public prosecutor crescendoed by demanding sentences consistent with current criminal jurisprudence for rape in France. Without fail: four years firm and committal warrant requested for the only accused prosecuted for sexual assault, and not for rape.
Ten years, for everyone who has been to Mazan even once. From eleven to thirteen years, for those who have a criminal record, or a profession that makes their act more incomprehensible, like this prison guard or this liberal nurse. The day ends with a first list of 21 accused, with a cursor already raised to thirteen years in prison.
“A shocking indictment” admits Me Béatrice Zavarro, lawyer for Dominique Pelicot. “Let justice be done” Gisèle blurted out as she left the audience. In the box and in the room, the accused, 33 of whom appear free after an average of a year of pre-trial detention, talk to each other a lot: if the court follows the accusation, they now know that they will all spend Christmas behind bars.
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