The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his wife so other men could rape her is now being linked to other cases of rape and murder.

Pelicot is serving a 20-year prison term after he was found guilty in December of the horrific sexual abuse of his now ex-wife. Pelicot’s lawyer said that his client now faces questioning by an investigating magistrate who specialises in so-called cold cases – those that have proved particularly hard to resolve.

Convicted rapist Dominique Pélicot faces renewed questioning in cold cases involving rape and murder dating back to the 1990s.