France: Dominique Pelic suffers from kidney stone, infection and prostate problem

The main accused of Giselle’s in, Dominique Pelico, suffers from “a kidney stone, kidney infection and prostate problem,” said criminal court president Roger Arata and did not attend today Monday (16.09.2024) to testify in the severe case that has caused shock. For a second week in order for health reasons, Dominique Pelico, who is accused by his ex-wife Giselle of drugging her for a decade together and has been a victim of rapes by him and dozens of strangers she recruited online, was unable to testify today at the Vokliz criminal court – in Avignon, France, “We will be suspended for today and continue tomorrow morning,” said criminal court president Roger Arata, who ordered a new medical expertise from “a college of experts”. The main defendant was subjected to a CT scan Sunday and suffers from “a kidney stone, kidney infection and prostate problem”, Le Monde said. The decision whether or not to postpone this extraordinary trial, which began on 2 September and in which 51 defendants are tried for the rape of his ex-wife, Mr Peliko, will only be taken after the results have been issued, the president of the court said. “Scandal” On their part, Giselle’s advocates described the situation as “unusual”, noting that all measures should have been taken to be the defendant in a situation to testify. “The words cannot express how unusual the situation we are in this morning is. There are people whose job is to ensure that Mr Peliko is able to attend his trial,” said Stéphane Babonneau, one of the lawyers of the political parties, during the hearing. “If this situation is due to a delay in treatment, it would be a scandal,” he added. The prosecutor stated that she is “sorry about this situation” and Béatrice Zavarro, a lawyer of Dominique Pelico, criticised the lack of medical care for her client. “We have been hostages for eight days because if he had been treated from the beginning, we would not be in this situation,” he explained during the hearing. In addition to Pelicus, 50 other men, aged 26 to 74, are prosecuted for rape and if found guilty may be sentenced to 20 years in prison. Photo source: Reuters