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Twenty-year Term Sought For French Surgeon In Mass Patient Abuse Trial

Joel Le Scouarnec admitted during the trial to sexually abusing all 299 victims (Credit: AFP)

A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 mostly child patients.

An additional trial will also likely be required for Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, to cover the cases of further victims whose abuse is not part of the current process, said prosecutor Stephane Kellenberger as he outlined the sentencing demands.

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