Marie Grimaud, a lawyer representing some of Le Scouarnec’s alleged victims, told reporters before the hearing on Monday: “My clients don’t expect anything from Le Scouarnec.
The appeals court in Rennes added that Le Scouarnec faces an additional sentence of 20 years of “socio-judicial supervision”, which involves rehabilitating a perpetrator back into society with the support of social services and under the supervision of the judicial system.
If found guilty Le Scouarnec faces up to 20 years in prison, which is the maximum penalty for one charge of aggravated rape in France.
Former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually abusing 299 victims in France’s trial of its kind.
Le Scouarnec is already serving jail time for earlier rape convictions after being found guilty of sex crimes on two previous occasions.
