French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients
After shocking Pelicot crimes, French surgeon to face trial in child sex abuse caseFrance’s largest child sexual abuse trial to begin on February 24Ex-surgeon faces charges of aggravated rape and sexual assaultCase involves 299 alleged victims, many of them childrenHealth authorities have tough questions to answer, victims and rights groups say
A court sketch of Joël Le Scouarnec from 2020, when he was sentenced to 15 years for abusing four children. Photograph: Alain Paillou/Reuters
A former surgeon is set to stand trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of violence spanning over three decades.
Joël Le Scouarnec, now 74, will face hundreds of victims during a four-month trial in Vannes, Brittany. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, on top of 15 years he has been serving after being found guilty in 2020 of rape and sexual…
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