Isaac Steidl charged over site used by criminals including man convicted of recruiting strangers to rape his wife

France has charged the founder of an adult website used to commit sexual offences, including by Dominique Pelicot who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, prosecutors said.

Italian national Isaac Steidl, the founder and manager of the Coco.fr website, was charged with a number of offences, including the administration of an online platform to facilitate an illegal transaction by an organised gang.