内容摘要：By coincidence, Vlad had ordered poison from a Ukrainian seller called Leonid Zakutenko, just before the BBC

By coincidence, Vlad had ordered poison from a Ukrainian seller called Leonid Zakutenko, just before the BBC

In September 2020, Dominique Pelicot was spotted filming under women's skirts by a security guard in a supermarket in southern France.Police detained him and confiscated his electronic devices. They noticed suspicious chats on his Skype account, then found thousands of videos of men having sex with a seemingly unconscious woman - Mr Pelicot's wife, Gisèle.

Investigators worked for weeks to gather enough evidence to take Mr Pelicot into custody and eventually arrested him in November 2020. He immediately admitted all the charges.When Ms Pelicot was questioned by police and shown photos and videos in which she appeared unconscious, it became clear she had no knowledge of what had happened to her. She denied ever giving her consent to having sex with other men and realised her husband had drugged her for almost a decade.Fifty men - aged between 26 and 72 years old - are on trial alongside Mr Pelicot.

They hail from all walks of life: among them are a fireman, a carpenter, a nurse and a journalist. Many are married with children. Most lived within a 60km (37 miles) distance of the Pelicots' residence.A handful have admitted to raping Ms Pelicot.

The majority, however, reject the charges. Their defence hinges on the fact they did not believe what they were doing was rape, because they were not aware that she was unconscious and therefore could not give her consent.

Mr Pelicot has repeatedly denied this was the case, insisting that when he recruited men on the internet he made it abundantly clear that his wife would be asleep. "They all knew, they cannot say the contrary," he has said.At the time Ms de Souza said: "The adult content which parents may have

could be considered 'quaint' in comparison to today's world of online pornography."Children who regularly viewed porn on mobiles before puberty inevitably grow up with different sexual expectations than those aroused by Playboy in the 20th century.

While no direct causal link has been established, there is substantial evidence of an association between the use of pornography and harmful sexual attitudes and behaviours towards women.According to government research before the Covid-19 pandemic: "There is evidence that use of pornography is associated with greater likelihood of desiring or engaging in sexual acts witnessed in porn, and a greater likelihood of believing women want to engage in these specific acts."