of defendants in the rape case that has sent chills through France there are 51 men on trial including Dominic pelico who is accused of drugging his wife and inviting strangers over to rape her in their home they Shield their faces as they go through security by contrast jaizelle pelico held her head high on arrival at the criminal court in avenon the 71-year-old woman chose to be named and to hold a public trial in solid with all women who had faced similar crimes and to prevent it from ever happening again I think I've said everything I wanted to say it's not easy of course it's an exercise in style it's not easy and then there's the pressure of all these people behind me and I can feel that they're trying to trap me with their questions so I try to answer as best as I can and then of course we'll have to fight to the end because this trial is going to last four months in her almost 90minut testimony she spoke of being shown the barbaric images that show her lying motionless on the bed and being raped saying the police saved her life when they investigated her husband's computer in 2020 after he was caught filming up women's skirts in a supermarket police say they found thousands of photos and videos that appeared to document almost 100 counts of rape over the course of nearly a decade in the stand Jazelle said she thought they were a close couple married for 50 years with three children and and then her husband's crimes tore her world apart the words that best describe and will best Define this testimony are with great dignity jizelle P told her story The Way She experienced things her personal account the way she lived earlier in court this week Dominique pelico answered yes when he was asked if he was guilty of the accusations anti-em