Joel Le Scouarnec: France readies itself for child abuse trial of former surgeon

Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of having abused hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic.

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A former surgeon who is accused of abusing hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic, is set to go on trial this month in the largest child abuse trial in French history.

Joel Le Scouarnec, 73, is accused of assaulting or raping 299 children – the majority former patients of his – between 1989 and 2014, mostly in Brittany.

He has admitted to some charges, but not all.

The trial in Vannes, north- west France, follows a painstaking police investigation lasting several years.

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