France: Gisele Pelicot rapists – “Chris the Firefighter”, “Quentin”, “Gaston” and “David the Black”

With the testimony of Jérémie Bosse Platière, former head of the judicial police in Avignon, he continued today (04.09.2024) for the third day the trial of the multi-judged case that has shocked not only the but all of the planet and became known as “Mazan rapes” in the French press. Phone bills analysis, facial recognition software: the former head of the city’s judicial police, Jérémie Bosse Platière detailed the long and difficult work the investigators did to find Gisèle’s perpetrators, who had been abused by dozens of strangers her husband had recruited online. He also gave creepy details of how rapes took place. After recording about 200 rapes of the victim from July 2011 to October 2020, most of whom were made by her own husband, investigators eventually compiled a list of 72 people who have not yet been identified, the former head of the city’s judicial police and current director of the Hautes-Alpes National Police in southeastern France explained to the criminal court. So far, 50 men have been officially identified, except for the husband. These men aged 26 to 74 are being prosecuted for rape and will be faced with a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Gisele Pelicot in court – Photo source: Reuters Information reports that defendants, coming from various social strata, are married – and family heads – divorced or free. Others wore suits, others wore earrings and had tattoos. As to their professional status, among them there was a journalist, business manager, firefighter etc. Thousands of photos and videos The work of the judicial police was greatly facilitated by the thousands of photographs and videos taken by the husband, which were recorded on a hard drive and then meticulously classified in a file of “injury”. With a subfolder for every man who came to rape his wife, they say . “The aim is to identify the “Chris the Firefighter”, “Quentin”, “Gaston” or “David the Black”. At the same time, police use the numerous tracks left by online conversations between Dominique Pelicot and his wife’s rapists to identify the identity of these men “a project that will last almost two years” as he explains. Another method is the use of facial recognition software used by police: “This will give us a similarity rate. It will allow us to identify a third of the perpetrators,” explains Jérémie Bosse Platière. Shocking details of how rape took place Jérémie Bosse Platière gave details of the content of the discussions between Dominique P. and other involved men on Skype or Coco forum. As BFMTV reported, the men were instructed to whisper to the victim, undress in the kitchen, be clean, not wear perfume, warm their hands before touching her, so that they could abuse her while she was sleeping drugged. One by one, Jérémie Bosse Platière recounted the 92 rapes for which the defendants are accused, in every detail. The French press characterizes his testimony as shocking to the entire court room of Avignon.