Vannes, France, May 23, 2025 (AFP) - Twenty-year term sought for French surgeon in mass patient abuse trial

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A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 mostly child patients in France. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, should serve at least two-thirds of his term in jail and even once released be placed in a centre for treatment and supervision, in a special but rarely used measure allowed under French law, said prosecutor Stephane Kellenberger, pointing to "his serious pers......

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