On Wednesday, the French court declared the guilty of retired surgeons for rape and sexual abuse of patients, some of whom were under anesthesia, in the trial showing France.
Joël Le Scouarnec admitted before the court that during the 25th year, as he worked as a doctor in Western France, he committed “abominations”. This trial also opened unpleasant issues on the responsibility of the public health system.
Le Scouarnec (74) was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
His abuse of patients, many of whom were children at the time of the attack, is considered the worst case of pedocriminals in the history of France who has reached court. He was charged with rape or sexual abuse a total of 299 victims.
“I am aware that the damage I did is irreversible,” he said at the beginning of the trial in February, writes CNN.
“I owe all these people and their families to acknowledge my actions and their consequences, who suffered and to suffer for the rest of his life,” he added.
The trial took place at the time France faces a series of cases of sexual violence, including the Dominique Pelicot, who was convicted in December because he drugged his wife and allowed those men to rape her.
Le Scouarnec already serves a prison sentence for earlier convictions. In 2020. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse of a girl from neighborhoods, his two nieces and four-year patients.
Victims and their families have publicly asked why local and state health institutions did not stop Le Scouarnec. Even in 2005. He was convicted of taking his children’s pornography, but despite it, he continued to work in public hospitals.
The more dozen victims and activists gathered in front of the court ahead of the verdict, carrying a transparent composed of hundreds of white paper with black silhouettes – one for each victim. Some papers contained their name and age, while on others stood “anonymous”.
The proportion of abuse was followed by after his arrest in 2017. year, when he suspected of raping six-year-old girls from the neighborhood.
The police then revealed electronic diaries that detail more than twenty years of rapid and sexual attacks over young patients in hospitals across the region, as well as a collection of sexual puppets, wigs and children’s pornography.
The trial was held in Vannes, a small town in Brittany.
The local prosecutor’s office, which conducted the investigation against Le Scournec, also opened a special investigation into the possible criminal responsibility of institutions or individuals who could prevent abuse.
(Vijesti.ba)
