Merciful
Ah well he didn’t kill them so that’s nice, right? Look on the bright side.
It has been revealed that, while the police have already identified and detained 50 of the men whose images appeared on Dominique Pelicot’s hard drive, another 30 suspects – as yet unnamed and untraced – remain at large.
“So, we know 30 out of 80 still haven’t been caught. There are tensions here because people don’t know if they can trust their neighbours. You ask yourself – is he one of the 30? What is your neighbour getting up to behind closed doors?” said Isabelle Liversain in a voice sharp with frustration.
But Mazan’s 74-year-old mayor, Louis Bonnet, sought to play down those tensions, arguing that most of the alleged rapists came from other villages and seeking to frame the Pelicots as outsiders who hadn’t lived there long.
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In his interview with us, Bonnet talked about the case itself, and in doing so veered towards the sort of attitudes that have already sparked fury in France as well as deep admiration for Gisèle Pelicot’s courage in confronting them.
“People here say ‘no one was killed’. It would have been much worse if [Pelicot] had killed his wife. But that didn’t happen in this case,” Bonnet said.
So sweet of him not to. Mind you, if he’d killed her he wouldn’t have been able to have more random men come to his house and rape her, so there’s that.
From the story:
With men like Evan in the world, it’s no wonder women prefer the bear.
What an empty comment. Yes, adding additional crimes on top of what has already transpired would be worse, because more crimes. 80 rapists plus a murderer is worse than 80 rapists; 80 rapists plus a thief is worse than 80 rapists; 80 rapists plus another rapist is worse than 80 rapists.
BUT WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT 80 RAPISTS FOR FUCK SAKE.
I’ve been very impressed with the victim’s courageous decision to be recognizable. Apart from anything else the men on trial have to be recognizable as well. Many of them appeared the first day covering their faces with their hands. However, they can’t keep that up for the weeks the trial will take, and will certainly not be allowed to keep their faces covered when they are individually questioned. Anyone who knows one of them will know who it is. This week Dominique Pelicot has been feeling unwell, poor lamb. As long as he doesn’t die during the trial I don’t care how ill he feels. I want him to live to hear the verdict and penalty.
UPDATE. Today the rapists appeared in court wearing masks (the sort of masks used against Covid-19), They’re still recognizable, though. Maybe they’ll identify as Muslim women and turn up in burqas.