US EditionFrench Surgeon Says Deserves No 'Leniency' After Decades of Abusing Patients
- Joel Le Scouarnec, a 74-year-old former French surgeon, has been facing court proceedings for several months over allegations that he sexually abused 299 patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014 at hospitals in western France.
- The abuse involved 111 rapes, mostly on minors under 15, occurring often while victims were under anaesthesia or waking from operations, and Le Scouarnec admitted to these acts in March.
- Prosecutor Stephane Kellenberger urged the court to impose the full 20-year penalty for aggravated rape, citing the defendant's severe personality disorders, significant risk of reoffending, and the necessity of ongoing supervision and regional restrictions after release.
- The trial has highlighted widespread frustration regarding systemic shortcomings that allowed Le Scouarnec to keep practicing, with the prosecutor condemning him harshly and victims' lawyers expressing skepticism about the genuineness of his frequently repeated apologies.
- The verdict is expected on Wednesday, while further investigations may lead to an additional trial to cover other victims, as authorities have not identified all abused individuals within trial time limits.
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French surgeon says deserves no 'leniency' after abusing child patients
A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said Monday he was asking for no "leniency" as his three-month trial nears a verdict.
299 Victims: 20 Years Imprisonment Required for Doctor (74)
Probably the biggest trial for child abuse in France with 299 victims is on the target straight. Retired physician Joël Le Scouarnec (74) has confessed to having abused a total of 158 patients and 141 patients at the average age of eleven between 1989 and 2014. The prosecutor's office demands 20 years of imprisonment. The accused has treated his victims like lifeless objects and has not shown any empathy, prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger said on…
Pedocriminality: 20 Years of Imprisonment Required Against Joël Le Scouarnec, the Surgeon Who "Fouls the Law and Morals"
This Friday, Advocate General Stéphane Kellenberger requested the maximum sentence against the seven-year-old, whose cruelty and perversion will have animated the three months of debates in the Morbihan Criminal Court.
20 Years in Prison for the French Surgeon Who Sexually Abused Nearly 300 Children
A French prosecutor has asked this Friday for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for an ex-surgeon who admitted to having sexually abused almost 300 patients, mostly minors.They are also likely to request an additional trial for ex-surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec (74 years), in order to cover the cases of other victims whose abuses are not part of the current process, according to prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger.Le Scouarnec has been on trial s…
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Twenty-year term sought for French surgeon in mass sex abuse trial
A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 patients, mostly children.
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