Former surgeon jailed for 20 years in France for raping 299 children

Most of the victims were unconscious or sedated hospital patients at the time of the assaults. The average age was 11. Among the victims were 158 boys and 141 girls

Joel Le Scouarnec has been jailed (Valentin Pasquier via AP)

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A 74-year-old former surgeon who raped hundreds of victims over more than two decades has been given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison by a French court.