One of more than 50 men accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot in a mass rape case that has shocked the world told her in court on Thursday that he was sorry for what he did.

When she walks into the courthouse in the French city of Avignon, flanked by her children and a team of lawyers, Gisèle Pelicot cuts an unassuming figure. The 72-year-old mother and grandmother, her hair styled into a neat bob,

Dominique Pelicot, 71, speaks for the first time about his crimes on Tuesday morning, saying: ‘I recognise the facts in their totality.’

The woman who for ten years was the victim of her own husband's monstrous acts has become a symbol in France and around the world for female dignity and against 'the worst of male violence'

CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne reports on the trial underway in France where more than 50 men are accused of raping Gisele Pelicot. Pelicot’s case has sparked outrage in France after her husband of 50 years admitted to drugging her and inviting dozens of men online to rape her.

A man accused of raping a French woman while she was drugged unconscious by her husband apologised after graphic images were shown in court.