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the inefficiency of the police and the justice system allowed Dino Scala to continue to act
She also recounts the former mayor of Louvroil's fight for the victims
      By&nbsp;<a class="article__author-link" href="/en/signataires/zineb-dryef/">Zineb Dryef</a>       
 AIMÉE THIRION POUR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE                On Friday
was convicted by the Nord assize court of 54 counts of sexual assault and rape between 1988 and 2018
although he is suspected of having committed more
the "rapist of the Sambre" has appealed and a new trial is due to be held in 2024
a former journalist for the French daily newspaper Libération and the website Les Jours
recounts this spectacular case and delivers the result of four years of investigations into a mystery: How was this man able to assault and rape dozens of women over a 30-year period
How did he escape law enforcement despite dozens of complaints filed within this tiny territory of the Sambre valley (Northern France)
Her investigation (which will be adapted into a series by French director and Academy award winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade) is damning for the police and judicial institution
which were ineffective in the face of sexual violence
indifferent and sometimes cruel to the victims
From this disaster emerge some luminous and heroic figures: relatives of victims
as well as the former mayor of Louvroil Annick Mattighello
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