Valérie Bacot, 40, is set to go on trial today after shooting her husband dead in 2016 (Picture: Getty Images / TF1)

A French woman is set to go on trial for murder today after killing the man who raped and abused her for years.

Valérie Bacot, 40, was 12 when her mum’s partner, Daniel Polette, raped her for the first time. She said she didn’t know what he was doing until a biology lesson at school.