A former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients. According to report by Associated Press,

Defendant Joël Le Scouarnec's chillingly detailed notebooks —which he used to document sexual violence that spanned decades — are central to the trial.

Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec went on trial Monday for raping or abusing 299 victims, mostly child patients, in a case spanning over three decades.