299-Fold Abuse in France: Defendant Wants "No Mildness"

The trial against the 74-year-old defendant ends. The prosecution demands the maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and subsequent detention for the man who confessed to have raped dozens of children between 1989 and 2014 partly under anesthesia.

On Wednesday (13.00 a.m.) a sentence against the accused surgeon is expected in France's biggest case of child abuse involving 299 victims. Retired physician Joël Le Scouarnec (74) has been on trial in Vannes, West France, for a total of 158 patients and 141 patients aged 11 on average between 1989 and 2014. The prosecutor's office has demanded 20 years of imprisonment - this is the highest possible sentence.

The trial against the 74-year-old defendant ends. The prosecution demands the maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and subsequent detention for the man who confessed to have raped dozens of children between 1989 and 2014 partly under anesthesia.

In probably the biggest trial for child abuse in France with 299 victims, the accused surgeon does not want mercy from the court.

The French doctor, who knows 299 cases of abuse, has to emphasize that the process has been carried out so that this is not possible.

VANNES. At the end of his trial, the French doctor, who was charged with abuse of 299 minor patients, stressed that he did not hope for indulgence.