'Happily married father' says he stripped naked and entered Monster of Avignon's home wearing nothing but a condom to have sex with his unconscious wife as rape trial continues

A 'happily joined father' told contiguous however helium stripped bare and went into the Monster of Avignon's marital location successful the mediate of the nighttime 'wearing thing but a condom' - to person enactment with his unconscious wife.

Husamettin Dogan, 43, broke down successful tribunal arsenic helium tried to warrant assaulting Gisele Pelicot who 'appeared dead' portion her hubby filmed the brushwood successful June 2019.

Dogan is 1 of 50 men accused of abusing Gisele Pelicot implicit 10 years aft she was drugged by her husband-of-50 years Dominique astatine their location successful Provence successful the southbound of France betwixt 2011 and 2020.

Dogan told the tribunal helium believed helium was taking portion successful a enactment game.

He said helium had met Pelicot successful an net chat country – coco.fr – utilized by swingers and that helium said that his woman wanted a caller intersexual partner.

Dogan told the court: 'I thought I was taking portion successful a enactment game. Pelicot said that they had been joined for a agelong clip and his woman wanted a caller intersexual partner.

'He said his woman pretends to beryllium dormant during sex. It was their thing. Each mates is antithetic successful their intersexual fantasies. He said I would spell into the chamber and I would instrumentality attraction of his wife.'

Dogan told the tribunal helium was having a portion with friends erstwhile Pelicot, who helium had met connected the net 2 days earlier, called him and asked if helium wanted to travel implicit that night, successful June 2019.

He explained however helium drove immoderate 60km to the colony of Mazan and stripped bare connected the terrace of the Pelicot's chalet, earlier entering wearing thing but a condom.

He said: 'I americium a happily joined man. I person a child. I didn't privation to springiness my woman a disease. I had full spot successful him. I near everything extracurricular – my clothes, my wallet, my phone.

'I went consecutive into the bedroom. The woman was lying down with her backmost to me. She had a bandana implicit her eyes.'

Dogan told the tribunal helium challenged Pelicot astir his wife's authorities of consciousness.

'I told him, "this pistillate looks dead". But Pelicot told me; 'she's not dead'. It was a enactment scenario.'

The tribunal heard that Dogan abused Madame Pelicot implicit much than 3 hours, portion her hubby filmed him, pausing lone to portion a 'baby whisky'.

He said helium believed that Madame Pelicot had fixed her consent due to the fact that she had invited him to her location and her hubby had fixed permission.

Judge Roger Arata asked Dogan: 'Did you deliberation that Madame Pelicot was truly dormant oregon pretending?'

Dogan replied: 'He said she was pretending. It was a enactment game. Each mates is different. They each person their ain thing.'

He added: 'I lone started having doubts erstwhile she started snoring.'

Dogan told the tribunal that it was lone aft his apprehension successful 2 years aboriginal that helium learned that Pelicot had drugged his wife.

But helium justified his actions, claiming it was 'unimaginable' that a antheral would bash thing similar that to his wife.

He added: 'In custody I was humiliated by the police. I was enactment successful a compartment and treated similar an carnal successful a cage.

'I person been insulted successful the street. People telephone maine rapist successful the street. I americium disrespected.'

Courageous Gisele Pelicot was successful tribunal and listened attentively arsenic Dogan gave evidence.

Retired electrician Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging his woman and inviting dozens of men to rape her astatine their location successful the southbound of France implicit a decade.

Last week Pelicot, 71, stood the basal successful beforehand of his ex-wife and 3 grown-up children to explicit his remorse for his terrifying run of abuse. And helium condemned the different 50 men arsenic rapists.

He told the court: 'I americium a rapist, similar everyone other successful this room.'

Today Pelicot accused Dogan of being 'a lair' claiming helium knew helium what helium was doing arsenic helium joined the net chat country entitled 'without her knowledge'.

Under transverse introspection Dogan claimed helium had been intimidated by Pelicot.

He said: 'I americium unfortunate of Pelicot.' Asked whether Madame Pelicot was a victim, helium replied: 'That's thing else, she was his wife. I was caught successful a trap.'

The proceedings continues.