Joël Le Scouarnec sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment
A sentence criticized
The verdict aroused a wave of anger On the part of certain civil parties, because the Criminal Court of Morbihan has chosen not to match this sentence of a safety retention measure. This measure makes it possible to place in a center a criminal presenting a high risk of recurrence after the end of his sentence, but the court said that he took into account the “will to repair” and the age of the Scouarnec.
A new trial in sight
Alderly 74, the former doctor had already been sentenced in 2020 to Saintes (Charente-Maritime) to 15 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on four children, including two nieces. During the trial in Morbihan, he recognized Sexual violence on her granddaughter which are the subject of a new procedure launched by the Lorient prosecution.
