In the box, 51 accused including a man who drugged and delivered his wife for ten years to strangers he contacted on the internet. Unconscious, the woman suffered serial rapes that the husband filmed.
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The Mazan rape trial (Vaucluse), scheduled from September 2 to December 20, will finally be held at the Avignon courthouse, France Bleu Vaucluse reported on Monday May 20. Due to the large number of defendants – 51 men accused of aggravated rape – the courthouse will be renovated. The main defendant, a retiree from Mazan, is accused of having drugged his wife for ten years to sexually submit her to other men he recruited on the Internet.
The Avignon exhibition center had been planned to host the trial. In the courthouse, where it will finally take place, the room where the meetings are usually held will be transformed. A larger box will be built in the coming months to accommodate the twenty accused who will appear in custody. The other defendants will appear free and will be able to sit on the benches which are now used by the public.
The work will be commissioned and financed by the Ministry of Justice, which has labeled this trial as a “sensitive trial”. The ministry also plans a retransmission in another room, if the main room is not large enough. Please note, however, that the civil party’s lawyer wants to request a closed session.
