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A civil engineer accused of raping the wife of the Monster of Avignon has revealed how he was invited to his home and had sex with her for a 'few seconds'.
Father of two Cyrille Delville, 54, is the third of 50 men to take the stand in the ongoing sex trial that has shocked France.
Retired electrician Dominique Pelicot, 73, is accused of sedating and raping his wife Giselle at their home in the tranquil village of Mazan during a ten-year nightmare.
Delville told the court he had met Pelicot in September 2019 after being invited to his house following an exchange of messages.
He confirmed that he had oral and straight intercourse with Mrs Pelicot and said that when he arrived she was 'on her side' and that he 'didn't see her face'.
Delville said: 'He (Pelicot) told me to carry on, it lasted a few seconds and was filmed.
'When I touched Mrs Pelicot she was breathing but she didn't react, it did seem strange to me.'
He agreed he 'didn't have her consent' and added: 'Women do not belong to men, I hope that future generations will learn that.
'I didn't have Mrs Pelicot's permission, he gave it to me, that's the problem.'
Delville explained Pelicot had asked for a picture of his penis and in exchange had sent him a photo of his wife surrounded by five men and white tablets.
As he gave his evidence Mrs Pelicot looked at him, occasionally resting the head on the wall behind her, her daughter alongside.
While across the court room Pelicot sat in a wheelchair in a glass box surrounded by prison guards and a walking stick by his side.
Delville has admitted raping her and his name emerged from devices police recovered from Pelicot's home in 2020 when he was arrested for 'upskirting' women in his local supermarket.
He told the court he had been seeing a counsellor and since his arrest and that it had 'helped ease his heart' as he 'felt a lot of sadness for Mrs Pelicot'.
Sobbing as he spoke to the court Delville added: 'I don't know if I will ever be able to take this off me. I can't sleep. I have nightmares.'
Delville told the court as a result of his involvement in the case his wife – who he had known for 32 years - had left him.
He told the court they had had a 'normal sex life' but had then become bored and he had started looking at pornographic websites and he had joined Coco.fr to 'chat'.
Meanwhile a woman who was upskirted by Pelicot in September 2020 at his local supermarket spoke for the first time in an interview with French TV station BFMTV.
Identified only as Nathalie the mother of two described how she 'didn't shop in a dress for two years' following the incident in Carpentras, a few minutes drive from Mazan.
She said: 'He was acting like a miserable little guy, saying he hadn't done anything. He was giving the attitude of a victim.'
Nathalie said the first she knew of what was happening was when a security guard approached and told her what Pelicot had been doing to her and three other women.
She added: 'It was a month later when I realised the extent of what he had been up to, I threw away the dress I was wearing, I couldn't stand it, I was traumatised.
'For two years I didn't go shopping in a dress anymore.'
In another development on Friday the trial judge ruled that press would also be banned from viewing graphic photos and videos of Mrs Pelicot.
Previously public had been cleared from court and an adjoining room before they were screened but judge Roger Arata has ruled only those directly involved can see them.
One local journalist wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it was 'regrettable' as he would no longer be able to 'explain the substance of the case' to the public.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk
