Gisele Pelicot, whose husband Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men are on trial for raping her, gave her final courtroom statement in the shocking case.

Gisele Pelicot on Tuesday lambasted the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during 10 years of mass rape organized by her husband and told the court hearing the trial France’s patriarchal society must change.

Gisele Pelicot, subjected to mass rape organised by her husband over 10 years, on Tuesday condemned the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her who claim they didn't realise it was rape,

Gisèle Pelicot has denounced the mass rape case of 51 men as a "trial of cowardice", and said it is high time that France's "macho, patriarchal society" which "trivialises rape" changes. Ms Pelicot, who has attended the mass rape trial from its start in September,

For the past two and a half months, Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon, southern France, has been the stage for this remarkable trial.

Gisele Pelicot, the French woman drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped and sexually abused by him and dozens of strangers, said on Tuesday that it was time for a "macho" society to change its attitude on rape.

In the coming week, the prosecutors will ask the court in the southern city of Avignon to sentence 51 men, including the one who drugged his wife for over a decade and dozens of others who accepted his invitations to abuse her.