The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in nine hospitals over 25 years - all by one doctor, prosecutors say.

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

The 90-seat courtroom in Vannes, Brittany, was too small to host the extraordinary trial of Joël Le Scouarnec. After various options were considered, a spillover room was arranged to show broadcasts in a neighboring former law faculty.