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French doctor handed 10-year jail term for abusing patients

Thity women filed complaints against the doctor © LOIC VENANCE / AFP/File

Lyon (AFP) – A French court sentenced a doctor to a 10-year prison term on Saturday for raping nine of his patients during medical consultations, according to a lawyer representing some of the victims.

Thirty women filed complaints against the gynaecologist, in his 60s, accusing him of sexual assault during medical exams.

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