Former French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Media reports say Le Scouarnec was dressed in black as he stood emotionless in court listening to Judge Aude Burési deliver the verdict, after he pleaded guilty to the charges in March.
"Twenty years is little compared to the number of victims in this trial. It is time for the law to change so that we have more appropriate sentences ," said Francesca Satta, a lawyer for some of the victims, writes A2 CNN.
Le Scouarnec, 74, has been called France's biggest paedophile. He is already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of four children, including his two granddaughters.
The former doctor has been on trial in Brittany since late February. During that time, dozens of his victims have testified, telling the court how the abuse they experienced as children has affected their lives, A2 CNN reports.
In March, during a closed-door hearing, Le Scouarnec admitted to sexually abusing all 299 victims, many of them while they were under anesthesia or waking up after operations.
He kept diaries in which he described the attacks in graphic detail, which allowed police to track down his victims, many of whom had no memories of the abuse they suffered while in Le Scouarnec's care. (A2 Televizion)
A2 CNN Livestream
MUND TE LEXONI GJITHASHTU
