VANNES, France - The son of a retired French surgeon accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients ...

This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Joel Le Scouarnec, now 74, sitting in courtroom and accused of raping or ...

Described as France's 'worst ever paedophile', Le Scouarnec is accused of attacking 158 males and 141 females, with an ...

The youngest son of Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, a former surgeon on trial for the alleged assault or rape of 299 patients, told ...

The 90-seat courtroom in Vannes, Brittany, was too small to host the extraordinary trial of Joël Le Scouarnec. After various ...

Marie-France Le Scouarnec claims she had no idea her ex-husband - with whom she has three children - was a paedophile as she ...

A man in his thirties testified that he was assaulted during a consultation in 1995 when he was a young boy. He said "I ...

THE ex-wife of a sick French surgeon accused of raping hundreds of underaged children covered up his alleged crimes for decades, a court heard. Disgraced Joel Le Scouarnec, alleged to be ...

This photograph shows a view of the courthouse on the opening day Monday of the trial of retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec on ...

Investigators and his own notebooks described his alleged actions as a pattern of violence spanning over three decades.