French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for sex abuse of nearly 300 people
Joel Le Scouarnec tells court he committed 'despicable act' in another mass rape case that shocks France.
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Surgeon dubbed 'the worst serial paedophile who ever lived' after sexually abusing hundreds of patients over three decades is jailed for the maximum 20 years in France
Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, admitted at least 299 horrifying crimes against victims who were mostly under the age of 15, with the youngest just four.
French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail
Joel Le Scouarnec, who has admitted his guilt, said last week he neither wanted nor expected to be shown leniency.
3 months ago
Ex-surgeon tells French court he used status to sexually abuse children
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Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of attacking 299 patients at a dozen hospitals between 1989 and 2014
A former French surgeon on trial for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients has told the court he us…
Former surgeon stands trial: What is the story behind France's largest child sexual abuse case?
Months after the Gisèle Pelicot case rocked France, Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims, most of them young children at the time.
Paedophile surgeon who 'raped 300 children including some under anaesthetic' admits he has committed 'hideous acts' - in France's biggest ever child-sex trial
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is charged with assaulting or raping 299 boys and girls over three decades.
French surgeon accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children, says he did ‘hideous things’
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Joël Le Scouarnec tells court on first day of trial he will take responsibility for his actions
A 74-year-old surgeon accused of abusing 299 people, most of them children, while they were anaesthetise…
4 months ago
The trial of 'France's biggest paedophile offender' opens in Vannes, Brittany, on Monday
Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of aggravated rape and sexual assault of 299 victims, almost all minors, between 1989 and 2014. This "extraordinary" trial took two years to prepare.
‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients
Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against him
When two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea…
‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children
Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against him
When two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea…