Further investigations into the alleged victims logged on his files led prosecutors to later charge Le Scouarnec with the aggravated rape and sexual assault of 299 people.
In France, whether you rape one child or 300, it’s the same sentence,” Marie Grimaud, a lawyer representing some of Le Scouarnec’s alleged victims, told reporters before the hearing.
In 2020, Le Scouarnec was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of his child neighbour, as well as two of his nieces and a 4-year-old patient, and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
“There is no way that somebody can rape and assault children for all those years without the knowledge of people around,” said Homayra Sellier, head of Innocence in Danger, which is supporting 40 alleged victims and is a plaintiff in the case.
In what is considered France’s worst case of pedocriminality to go to trial, Le Scouarnec’s alleged abuse of patients spanned 25 years, from 1989 to 2014.
