How a security guard helped Gisèle Pelicot discover her husband was drugging her in campaign of abuse
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery She would discover that Dominique Pelicot had been inviting strangers into their home to rape her while she lay unconscious Police would go on to show her countless photographs of unknown men raping her, in the place where she should have been safest: her own bedroom in her own home. open image in gallery Dominique Pelicot has been jailed for 20 years Not only was Gisèle unaware that her husband had previously been caught upskirting in 2010, she was also left horrified when his DNA matched that of a man who had lured a young estate agent to a Paris apartment, in 1999, then knocked her out with chloroform and attempted to rape her. As the extent of his abuse became apparent, which included taking covert naked images of his pregnant daughter-in-law, Gisèle decided to waive her anonymity in a message that “shame must change sides”. Meanwhile, her husband had been meeting men on a French swingers website, with the planning taking place on a chat room called “Without her knowledge”.