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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

France: Where rapists can attack one victim or hundreds but still face the same time in prison

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is on trial accused of hundreds of sex offences in Vannes, France - (REUTERS)

A former French surgeon has been accused of raping or sexually abusing 299 victims in France’s largest-ever child abuse case.

Most of Joel Le Scouarnec’s alleged victims were his child patients and prosecutors say some of them were unconscious at the time. The 74 year-old has already told his four-month trial in Vannes that he committed ‘despicable acts causing harm beyond repair’.

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