French plastic surgeon on trial for dozens of 'mutilations'

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — A French doctor who told investigators he was one of the world's best cosmetic surgeons went on trial Monday accused of mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of men and women.

Michel Maure is facing 97 charges of misleading advertising, aggravated deceit, endangering lives, and involuntary injury between 2000 and 2004 in the trial in the southern port of Marseille set to last two weeks.

The 59-year-old, who has been struck off the medical register, is also accused of not declaring workers in his clinic and of threatening a victim to stop her from making a complaint about him.

Maure denies any wrongdoing and insists he is the "victim of a plot" by competitors who wanted to close down his business.

"People were never...