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'He is a dangerous man’, daughter of Dominique Pelicot tells BBC

Newshour

BBC

Daily News, News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The daughter of a French man found guilty in a mass rape trial has told the BBC she hopes he dies in prison. Caroline Darian said she'd been shocked when she learned that her father had repeatedly drugged and raped her mother and encouraged other men to sexually assault her. Also on the programme: emergency teams in Los Angeles have made progress in tackling wildfires which have killed eleven people, but more evacuation orders have been issued; and Sam Moore, one half of the legendary soul duo, Sam and Dave, has died at the age of 89.

(Photo: Caroline Darian wants to raise awareness of sexual abuse. Credit: BBC)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. Coming to you live from London,

0:07.9

I'm James Kamara Sami. It was the biggest rape trial in French history. Giselle Pellicoe, the wife, mother and

0:15.5

grandmother who waved her right to be anonymous and became a global icon, and Dominique Pelico,

0:21.7

the man found guilty of drugging and raping his wife and inviting 50 men into their home to abuse

0:27.6

Giselle while she slept.

0:29.9

Caroline Darion is the daughter of Dominique and Giselle Pelico.

0:33.8

She stood alongside her mother in court and faced down her father. She believes that her father

0:39.3

drugged her and she believes he assaulted her. She has written a book called I'll Never Call

0:45.4

Him Dad Again. The BBC's Emma Barnett has been talking to Caroline Darion, her first broadcast

0:51.6

interview since the trial, and she asked her about the sentence given to her father.

0:57.2

And just to let you know, before you listen to the interview, it does deal with the theme of sexual abuse.

1:03.4

He was found guilty.

1:05.7

It took 20 years, but he already done, you know, four years in jail.

1:10.1

But I'm not sure, you know, the verdict, the final verdict was, you know, what I was expected.

1:15.7

So you don't think your father's sentence was long enough?

1:18.8

My father's sentence is the right sentence.

1:22.4

But I'm more talking, you know, by the other's people.

1:25.8

The majority of them only took between three, 10 years,

1:30.5

to me it's not enough. And how was your mother on the day? I mean, my mother is 72 years old.

1:38.6

So what she did was extraordinary. I think for her it was a relief. Just it's over now. This trial, it's over.

1:45.8

She said on the steps of the court, she never regretted opening the doors of this trial.

1:50.6

You know, she waived her right to be anonymous so society could see what was happening.

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