A former French surgeon accused of raping or sexually abusing 299 victims, mostly children under his care, is set to stand trial in France on Monday.
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AformerFrenchsurgeonaccusedofrapingorsexuallyabusing299victims,mostlychildrenunderhiscare,overthecourseofnearlythreedecadesissettostandtrialinFranceonMonday.
JoëlLeScouarnec,now74,issettostandtrialoverfourmonthsinVannes,Brittany.Thetrialwillexamineallegedrapesandotherabusescommittedbetween1989and2014against158menand141women.Theallegedvictims’averageagewas11.
LeScouarnec,whowillfacehundredsofallegedvictimsduringthetrial,doesnotdenytheallegations,thoughhesayshedoesn’tremembereverything.Manyallegedvictimssaytheyhavenomemoryoftheassaults,havingbeenunconsciousatthetime.
Thecasewasbroughtintothespotlightin2017whena6-year-oldneighboraccusedLeScouarnecoftouchingheroverthefencethatseparatedtheirproperties.
FRENCHMANFOUNDGUILTYINHORRIFICRAPETRIALTHATSHOCKEDTHEWORLD
Investigatorssearchedhishomeanduncoveredmorethan300,000photos,650pedophilic,zoophilicandscat
