A man on trial in France for drugging his wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her over a decade told a criminal psychologist that his wife was to blame for his actions because she wouldn't go swinging with him. Dominique Pelicot, 71, was excused from sitting through today's hearing after his lawyer told the trial judge that he had suffered 'medical problems' over the past 48 hours for which he had not received 'adequate treatment'.
But psychologist Annabelle Montagne told the court in Avignon this morning that she interviewed the retired electrician in December - a month and a half after he was taken into custody - where he admitted to carrying out the campaign of abuse of his wife Gisele.
Madame Montagne said Pelicot maintained he loved his wife, but she added: 'He sees his partner as an object to satisfy his sexual and narcissistic needs. His wife is then a partial object and no longer an object of total love.
It comes as another prison psychologist this morning told the court that Pelicot had a 'split personality', lacked empathy and inherited the temper of his father, who was said to be a violent abuser. She also revealed Pelicot maintains the sickening abuse of his wife would have continued if he had not been arrested - and complained that his life had been ruined by the criminal charges brought against him.
The disturbing revelations into Pelicot's mind were revealed before his two sons, David and Florian, took to the stand to give evidence against their father. Dominique Pelicot is accused of recruiting men online to assault his wife repeatedly over a 10 year period.
