French court to hear of couple's 'murderous pact'
· More charges as man admits raping and killing 7
>· Wife accused of helping husband to find 'virgins'
the trial of Michel Fourniret, a 65-year-old former electrician accused of the kidnap, rape and murder of seven girls and young women in France and Belgium between 1987 and 2001
his wife, in which she agreed to join him on "virgin-hunting" expeditions in return for him killing her first husband
the couple began their murder spree in 1987 and that it only came to an end in 2003 when a 13-year-old girl whom Fourniret tried to abduct in Belgium escaped and raised the alarm
has been jailed in the past for voyeurism and sexual assault
gave authorities his numberplate after she unbound her hands and escaped from the back of Fourniret's van
the couple agreed that if Fourniret killed Olivier's first husband, who she said had abused her, Olivier would help him find young virgins so he could fulfil his fantasies
clipped from: www.guardian.co.uk