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French Investigators Expose Failings in Dominique Pelicot Mass Rape Case

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France's General Inspectorate of Justice has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, accusing authorities of not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years. Pelicot's DNA was taken by police after he was first apprehended in 2010 in a suburban Paris shopping centre while filming up women's skirts .

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A year and a half after Dominique Pelicot's trial, a report reveals that DNA samples could have confused the rapist as early as 2010. However, major information had been sent in a simple letter to the magistrate of the Meaux court. However, this mail never happened. This malfunction had dramatic consequences. Mazan's rapes began in 2011, and some believe that Gisèle Pelicot could have escaped his calvary. (Police, justice and other facts).

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An administrative decision between the Scientific Police and the French Justice would have prevented the arrest of Dominique Pelicot in 2010, before this man drugged for a decade his wife, Gisèle, so that he and 50 other people would rape her.Continue reading...

·Granada, Spain
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A journalistic report revealed that in 2010 his DNA coincided with that of a 1999 rape, but the notification from the Scientific Police was not received in the prosecution and the case fell.Then he started drugging his wife Gisele to be abused by him and 50 other men.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pelicot was arrested in July 2010 for filming under the skirts of women. His DNA coincided with an attempted rape in 1999, but this information never reached the prosecution.

·Spain
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franceinfo.fr broke the news in on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
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