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French surgeon handed maximum 20-year term in paedophilia trial

Protestors hold signs bearing the names of the victims and a banner reading "how many Le Scouarnec are still protected by the medical board" during a demonstration in support of victims at the courthouse in Vannes, Brittany. AFP - DAMIEN MEYER

A French court has sentenced Joël Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, to the maximum 20 years in jail. The trial has highlighted failures in France's health system.

A court in Vannes, Brittany, found Le Scouarnec guilty of 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults, committed between 1989 and 2014.

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