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Joel Le Scouarnec: France readies itself for child abuse trial of former surgeon

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Joel Le Scouarnec, 73 , is accused of assaulting or raping 299 children.

The majority of the victims are former patients of his former patients, mostly in Brittany .

He is facing more than 100 rape charges and more than 150 charges of sexual assault.

He has denied the charges, arguing that his diaries merely detailed his "fantasies".

Le Scouarnec's trial begins on 24 February and is due to last until June .

The former surgeon is accused of abusing hundreds of alleged victims.

He was arrested when a six-year-old victim told her parents that he had assaulted her.

His ex-wife has denied knowing what her husband allegedly did until he was arrested.

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