Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Former surgeon given 20-year sentence in one of France's largest child sex abuse cases

A former surgeon has been found guilty in France in one of the country's worst child sex abuse cases.

Joel Le Scouarnec raped and sexually assaulted 299 people - the majority of whom were children, in the period from 1989 to 2014.

He was given a 20-year jail sentence on Wednesday.,

Ross Cullen reports.