London:
The daughter of Frenchman Dominique Pericot, who was convicted of drugging his ex-wife and raping her by dozens of strangers, said in comments published Saturday that her father “is in prison. He should die.”
In her first TV interview since Perico was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month in a trial that terrorized France, Caroline Dallien told the BBC that her father was “always a sexual pervert”. Ta.
“He should die in prison. He is a dangerous man,” Darian told British broadcaster “The Pericot Trial: A Daughter's Story” on Monday.
Pericot, 72, was convicted of drugging and raping Gisele Pericot over a period of more than a decade and soliciting dozens of men to do the same.
After a three-month public trial in the southern French city of Avignon, around 50 co-defendants were also found guilty and sentenced to sentences varying from three to 15 years.
Gisele Perico waived her right to a private trial and was hailed as a hero for her courage and dignity.
“There's no way I could wake up one morning and say, 'Okay, I'm going to give my wife some medication,'” Darian said.
“So I think there are two Dominics coexisting inside him. He has decided to choose the dark side.”
He added: “I don't know if he is a monster or not, but he was fully aware of what he did. He was not sick. He did everything consciously.”
Darian herself believes that she was drugged and raped by Pericot because a photograph of her naked, unconscious body was found in a detailed record of the crime kept by her father.
During the trial, Mr Pericot denied ever abusing her during a confrontation between the two in court.
“He lies all the time,” Darian told the BBC.
“I know he drugged me, probably for sexual abuse, but I have no proof.”
Darian added that he now only sees his father as a “stranger.”
“I'm looking straight at a criminal, he's a sex offender,” she said.
The interview comes as Darian is set to narrate a television documentary about the use of drugs that enable rape and sexual abuse.
The 90-minute film, scheduled to be broadcast on France 2 on January 21, will include testimonies from six other victims who were unknowingly drugged and raped.
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