Gisele Pelicot says her husband "reached the lowest depths of the human soul" by drugging and raping her - and any shame is his to bear.

Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society.

Ms Pelicot says "shame must change sides" and has waived her right to anonymity in the hope she can give courage to other rape victims.

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. Gisèle Pelicot: "I keep going ... through determination to change society" 11:22Angelique Chrisafis Asked how she kept going in the face of what she had heard in court,

Gisele Pelicot, the victim of France’s largest rape trial, confronted her ex-husband in court for the first time, asking him: “How could you betray me?”

Gisèle Pelicot has addressed her husband in court after he admitted to drugging her and letting 83 people rape her. Last month, the 72-year-old French woman became the center of a mass sexual abuse trial being held in Avignon, France.

Gisele Pelicot said at the trial of her husband and dozens of other men, that she was "determined" to help other women.

The case has horrified the country, prompting solidarity marches and calls by feminist campaigners to expand the law on rape.

For weeks, Pelicot has been silently listening to arguments from the 51 men on trial on charges of raping her while she was unconscious — a scheme her ex-husband admits to orchestrating.

Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of men online to rape her while she was unconscious and 50 men are facing trial alongside him. Despite video evidence against them,