The Jonzac hospital (Charente-Maritime) suspended an anesthesiologist who had worked with the surgeon accused of pedophilia. - Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

Doctor Jean-André Cuot had already condemned for possession of pedophile images. The Jonzac hospital (Charente-Maritime), where the surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec accused of pedophilia worked, announced that he suspended this anesthesiologist on Friday. "Doctor Cuot was the subject this Friday of a suspension measure in the interest of the service, with immediate effect," announced in a press release the Jonzac Hospital Center, adding that "the section of the criminal record of Dr. Cuot accessible to the employer bore no mention of conviction ”.

According to a source close to the file, confirming information from France info, the past of this anesthesiologist resurfaced during the investigation opened in 2017 during the arrest of his colleague, Joël Le Scouarnec. He was tried on March 13 for rape and sexual abuse of four minors, and he is suspected of having killed a total of nearly 350 victims throughout his career.

The College of Physicians said they were "unaware of anything"

Heard as a witness, the anesthesiologist himself mentioned to the investigators his sentence around 2007 to a fine of 2,000 euros and a three-month suspended prison sentence for "possession and dissemination of child pornography images", according to the same source. .

The Saintes prosecutor's office refused to comment on reports that a preliminary investigation had recently been opened for "viewing child pornography images". For his part, Dr. Pascal Révolat, president of the Order of physicians in Charente-Maritime since March 2018, explained that he was "aware of nothing". "We are going to do research," he added, adding that the order is not the recipient of this type of information.

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