French doctor faces trial, accused of raping 37 patients, including minors — RT News
A physician is earlier than legal courts in France accused of dozens of counts of rape. The former basic practitioner allegedly filmed his sufferers for practically a decade. Some of his victims had been minors when the alleged incidents passed off.
Thierry Dassas, who labored within the small village of Argent-sur-Sauldre within the Centre-Val de Loire area, was arrested in late 2014 after an 18-year-old lady made a criticism to police, which led to a wider investigation.
Investigators seized dozens of movies, prompting a choose to launch a name for different victims to come back ahead. A complete of 37 sufferers filed complaints for incidents between 2005 and 2014.
The 66-year-old Dassas was indicted for rape, abusing his authority and invading his sufferers’ privateness. Several of the victims had been minors on the time of the occasions. The case is now earlier than the legal courtroom in Cher.
French regulation defines rape as “any act of sexual penetration of any variety dedicated on the individual of one other by violence, coercion, menace or shock.”
In courtroom, Dassas admitted to having filmed some sufferers, however denied raping them. He claimed that the incidents had been merely typical gynecological examinations which might be generally carried out by basic practitioners, significantly in rural medical doctors’ surgical procedures.
According to native newspaper Le Berry Républicain the choose presiding over the case mentioned Thursday that he expects Dassas’s lawyer to launch an attraction, which can doubtless push the case again till the tip of 2017.
