Beatrice Zavarro - Dominique Pelicot's lawyer

Before I worked with solicitors and barristers, I struggled to accept they were simply representing their clients, that didn’t mean they agreed with them.
The emotional detachment alongside the ability to forensically absorb and analyse huge amounts of information is essential.

Obviously the lawyer defending Dominique Pelicot would have had access to the videos and supporting evidence against her client, am sure that this would make me want to walk away in revulsion but she must see it as just another day at the office, is surely the only way she could go through with it

Chocolatelovinggran

Men accused of sexual assault often choose a female barrister as they think that there is a subliminal message to the jury- this " nice lady" believes me, so ....
I have barristers I my family who can confirm this.

Yes, I have come across this before as well. It seems a deliberate ploy in quite a few cases involving abuses of women.

I agree that men accused of horrific crimes against women often have a female barrister for the reason you give

Babs03 - it’s wise not to assume that necessary emotional detachment at work doesn’t mean going home exhausted and upset. Police, doctors, social workers, like the legal profession have to function well in some dreadful situations. Emoting all I’ve the place wouldn’t help anyone

As already stated, there's a special place in hell for him.