Man accused of recruiting strangers to rape his wife

The men are accused of assaulting the woman, who was so heavily sedated she was not aware of the abuse, her lawyers say.

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A man has gone on trial in France for repeatedly drugging and raping his wife as well as arranging for dozens of other men to rape her.

The defendant, named as 71-year-old Dominique P, is accused of recruiting strangers online to come to his home and sexually assault the victim for over a decade.

The woman was so heavily sedated she was not aware of the repeat abuse, her lawyers say.

The case has horrified France for the mass scale of the grave crimes.

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