Monster of Avignon who drugged his wife to be raped by 50 men was inspired by a male nurse who posted a disturbing photo of his unconscious partner and boasted of drugging her for sex, court hears By David Jones for the Daily Mail Published: 01:10, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 01:11, 18 September 2024 e-mail View comments Faced with finding a fulfilling hobby after their working days are over, some men take up gardening or golf. Dominique Pelicot came up with another way to while away his spare time in the Provencal village of Mazan – he invited other men to rape his sleeping wife Gisele. With breathtaking insouciance, the so-called Monster of Mazan offered this reason yesterday in court when explaining why he committed the ultimate act of betrayal.
During his working life – as an electrician and an estate agent – he always had his 'nose to the grindstone', he said, but after he retired, at 60, he felt 'utterly idle' and began visiting the perverted internet chatrooms where he got the idea for his twisted plan. On one of these forays online, some 13 years ago, a male nurse had posted a compromising picture of his unconscious wife and boasted of drugging her for sex, while also describing the type of tranquillisers he used and the most effective dosage. Soon afterwards, Pelicot copied the ploy by slipping these same pills into Gisele's dinner, taking the perverted game to even greater extremes by inviting other men to rape her.
The court in Avignon heard how his ten-year.