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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The trial of the French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, which opened on 24 February and is thought to be France’s biggest ever paedophilia case, raises the question of how he was allowed to continue ...

On the first day of France's largest-ever child sexual abuse trial, Joël Le Scouarnec, accused of rape and sexual assault against 299 victims, acknowledged the irreparable nature of his crimes.