This is one sadistic dentist you definetly should not let near your teeth.
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Labelled the 'dentist of horror', he ripped out healthy teeth and broke jaws
One patient claimed he ripped out eight of her teeth in a single procedure
Another said pieces of flesh were 'hanging everywhere' after tooth removal
A Dutch man nicknamed the 'dentist of horror' went on trial Tuesday, accused of causing horrific injuries to the mouths of more than 100 patients in France.
Jacobus van Nierop, 51, ripped out healthy teeth and left dozens of patients in a remote French village with broken jaws, recurrent abscesses and septicaemia.
He is charged with aggravated assault, as well as fraud over claims that he tried to rip off patients and insurance companies, and faces up to 10 years in prison and a$171,000 £120,000) fine if found guilty.
A court sketch dated October 24, 2014, shows Jacobus van Nierop in a court in Amsterdam. The Dutch-born dentist is accused of mutilating more than 100 patients during his time at a clinic in rural France
His case is being heard at a court in Nevers in central France, near the rural area of Chateau-Chinon where he came to work in 2008.
Van Nierop, who went by the first name of Mark, was hired by a head-hunter and was initially welcomed by locals who were sorely lacking in medical services.
A neighbour recalled the arrival of a smiley, larger-than-life character, with a 'big 4x4, a big dog, a big cigar'.
But by 2011, the authorities were starting to question some of his accounting, and patients were starting to compare notes on his dentistry.
Sylviane Boulesteix, 65, visited the dentist in March 2012 to have braces fitted.
'He gave me seven or eight injections, and pulled out eight teeth in one go. I was gushing blood for three days,' she said.
An 80-year-old, Bernard Hugon, said the dentist left 'pieces of flesh hanging everywhere' after tearing out a tooth.
'Every time, he would give us what he called "a little prick" and we were asleep, knocked out,' said Nicole Martin, a retired teacher who lost several teeth to abscesses caused by the horrific operations.
Credit: AFP/Getty ImagesFollowing his arrest in 2013, Van Nierop fled France but was later arrested and extradited from Canada
'When it was over, we would find a Post-it note saying to come back for an appointment the next day or the day after,' she added.
With the help of one of Van Nierop's assistants, Mrs Martin set up a victims' group in early 2013 to press charges, and it soon swelled to 120 members.
In June of that year, police arrested Van Nierop but left him free pending trial, and he fled the country the following December.
He was eventually tracked down to a small Canadian town in New Brunswick and arrested under an international warrant in September 2014.
Local media reported that he tried to cut his throat when police came for him.
Van Nierop tried to block his extradition, first to the Netherlands and then France, claiming to suffer from 'psychological problems' including gender identity issues and suicidal tendencies.
However, he was eventually placed in a prison psychiatric unit in the Loiret department, south of Paris.
'He claimed to have killed his first wife, he played crazy, he said he was trans-sexual. He tried everything' to avoid extradition,' Mrs Martin said.
According to Dutch media, Van Nierop had already come under investigation at home over his working practices before coming to France. With the defendant already detained for 18 months, the magistrates are keen to deliver a verdict by March 18, though judicial sources told AFP the trial could run longer.
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