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Psychiatrist in Marseille sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping patients
A court in Marseille today sentenced a hospital psychiatrist from the city to 20 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of four female patients.
TL;DR
- A psychiatrist in Marseille was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping and sexually abusing four female patients.
- The initial sentence was 12 years, with reduced culpability due to bipolar disorder.
- Prosecutors appealed the sentence, arguing the nature and perversity of the acts were incompatible with reduced culpability.
- The psychiatrist, Marc Adida, denied the charges but was convicted of raping three patients and sexually assaulting a fourth.
- Victims described being in a state of shock, rendering them "puppets" in his hands.
- Adida was previously hospitalized for a manic episode where he attempted to strangle his wife.
- He was deemed fit to practice in 2013 and again in 2016 after a rape lawsuit from a patient was withdrawn.
- Adida is now permanently banned from practicing medicine.