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Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison on May 28 after being found guilty of sexually assaulting hundreds of children

Prosecutors said Le Scouarnec assaulted his victims while they were under the effects of anesthesia or recovering from surgery

Le Scouarnec admitted that he "carried out sexual assaults on little patients" during his trial in March

A former surgeon in France has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting hundreds of children over several decades.

Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, received the maximum prison sentence in court in Vannes, a city in the region of Brittany on Wednesday, May 28.

The ruling followed a three-month trial during which he confessed to sexually assaulting 299 victims — many

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