Category:
Crime
Region:
Ireland
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CHILD RAPIST 'PUT ON VIAGRA BY JAIL DOCTOR'
Date: 19-Aug-2007
A CONVICTED paedophile accused of raping a five-year-old boy a month after being freed from jail said that he had been prescribed Viagra by a prison doctor.
Francis Evrard (61) was found with a packet of the drug after being arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting the boy.
Evrard, whose most recent conviction for sexual crimes was only three years ago, told detectives that he had been given a prescription for the pills in prison after telling a doctor there that he had erection problems.
The case of Evrard -- described at his trial as an "incorrigible hunter of young boys" -- has caused uproar in France. Rachida Dati, the Justice Minister, has announced an official inquiry while President Sarkozy has summoned ministers to a meeting.
Ms Dati, who travelled to Lille in northern France yesterday to talk to those involved in the case, said: "We will find out the truth about the Viagra affair."
Evrard's claims about the origin of his Viagra have intensified a debate about how to treat paedophiles. Proposals to toughen sex crime laws in France include forcing repeat offenders in paedophile cases to take hormone medication.
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