Retired surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since Monday in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases. Published on February 27, 2025 ...

Retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since Monday in one of the country's largest child sex-abuse cases. A total of 256 of the victims were under ...

Vannes (France) (AFP) – The ex-wife of a French former surgeon on trial for allegedly assaulting or raping 299 patients insisted Wednesday that she "suspected nothing" of his crimes following ...

Judge Aude Buresi declared the hearing in the western city of Vannes open as Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, took his place in the dock. The former surgeon is already in jail after being found guilty in 2020 ...

Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, appeared in the dock in the city of Vannes today, the first day of his trial, to say he was ready to ‘take responsibility’ for his deeds and that he was ‘perfectly ...

The trial in the city of Vannes in the western region of Brittany will be held in public, but seven days of testimony from victims who were targeted while minors will be held behind closed doors.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) VANNES, France (AP) — A former surgeon went on trial in ...

Vannes (France) (AFP) – A former French surgeon went on trial Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, most of them children at the time, in one of the country's ...

From this Monday, the 74-year-old will stand trial in Vannes in western France for the rape and sexual abuse of 299 mostly underage and unconscious patients. Damien Meyer/AFP/dpa ...

Le Scouarnec appeared in the dock at the Morbihan Criminal Court, in the Brittany town of Vannes, on Monday afternoon. Wearing a black jacket, the white-haired divorcee emerged from a cell to ...

Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, will reportedly face hundreds of his alleged victims during the four-month-long trial in Vannes, France, per reports BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP via Getty A former surgeon's court ...

Monstrous Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, allegedly France’s worst ever paedophile, appeared in the dock at the Morbihan Criminal Court, in the Brittany town of Vannes, on Monday afternoon. Wearing a ...