‘The profile of a rapist is not someone met in a car-park late at night - a rapist can also be in the family, among our friends,’ Gisèle Pelicot tells court

• Who are the men accused over rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot?

Earlier this month the Guardian’s associate editor, Europe, Katherine Butler, spoke to Angelique Chrisafis about why this trial is so unusual and whether it might change French attitides to sexual violence.

Trials like this are normally held behind closed doors, away from the media, but this case is being heard in public because Gisèle Pelicot “wanted to draw attention to the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse,” Angelique said.