{"id":16766,"date":"2020-03-15T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=16766"},"modified":"2020-03-15T10:52:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:52:42","slug":"france-former-surgeon-goes-on-trial-on-child-rape-and-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/03\/15\/france-former-surgeon-goes-on-trial-on-child-rape-and-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"France: Former surgeon goes on trial on child rape and assault charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

A retired French surgeon has gone on trial accused of raping and sexually assaulting children.<\/p>\n

Jo\u00ebl Le Scouarnec, 69, is charged with abusing his two nieces, a neighbour’s daughter and a patient. But prosecutors suspect he may have abused as many as 349 children between 1989 and 2017.<\/p>\n

He has admitted assault but denied the rape charges.<\/p>\n

The trial in the south-western town of Saintes is the start of what could be France’s biggest paedophilia scandal.<\/p>\n

If found guilty, Mr Le Scouarnec faces up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The trial is being held behind closed doors, following a plaintiff’s request.<\/p>\n

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Mr Le Scouarnec was arrested in 2017 after his neighbour’s daughter had told her family about the alleged assault.<\/p>\n

Investigators said they later searched his house, finding images of child abuse and a notebook detailing his sexual assaults.<\/p>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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