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Trial opens for French surgeon accused in vast pedophilia case

Friday, 13 March 2020 6:43 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 13 March 2020 6:43 PM ]

This court sketch, released on March 13, 2020, shows French retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec attending his trial for the rape and sexual abuse of four child at a courthouse in Saintes, western France. (Photo by AFP)

The trial of retired surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, accused of sexual assault on four minors, and investigated for hundreds more, opens behind closed doors in a tense atmosphere, the first part of one of the largest pedophilia cases in France.

(Source: AFP)

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