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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nicolas Vaux-Montagny and Jade Le Deley

French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 people, mostly children

French ex-surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of the aggravated rape and sexual assault against hundreds of children over three decades - (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.

Investigators and his own notebooks describe it as a pattern of violence spanning over three decades.

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