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Ex-wife, sister testify in trial of French surgeon accused of sexual abuse of hundreds of children

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Joel Le Scouarnec, 74 , is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, almost all of them children.

The alleged assaults took place over 25 years , between 1989 and 2014 , according to the prosecution.

The average age of the children — both girls and boys — was 11 , the prosecution says.

His ex-wife, Marie-France , took the stand on Wednesday and denied knowledge of his activities.

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