US EditionFrench Doctor Accused of Poisoning Patients to Show Off Resuscitation Skills Goes on Trial
Frédéric Péchier allegedly poisoned patients to create emergencies for showcasing his skills and discredit colleagues; trial involves over 150 civil parties after a seven-year probe.
- French anaesthetist Frédéric Péchier stood trial on Monday in Besançon, charged with deliberately harming 30 patients between 2008 and 2017, resulting in 12 fatalities.
- The case followed a seven-year investigation into suspicious cardiac arrests at two Besançon clinics, triggered by fatalities starting with Damien Iehlen in October 2008.
- Péchier is accused of deliberately tampering with intravenous medications to cause medical emergencies, allegedly to demonstrate his ability to resuscitate patients and to discredit coworkers with whom he had conflicts.
- The trial involves over 150 civil parties represented by 55 lawyers, with prosecutor Étienne Manteaux calling it "unprecedented in French legal history" and Péchier denying all charges.
- Péchier remains free under judicial supervision and faces life imprisonment if convicted, while the trial is set to last until December amid continued calls for closure from victims' families.
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Twelve did not survive the incident. The anesthesiologist's trial is now beginning.
Trial Of Doctor Accused Of Poisoning 30 Patients Begins In France
A French doctor accused of intentionally poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, went on trial Monday, saying before the hearing he was not responsible for the "distress" of his alleged victims and their families.
The trial of a French doctor could last months, bringing to light decades-old cases. The accused claims innocence, but prosecutors see it differently.
Frédéric Péchier, a serial killer dressed in a white blouse, or a doctor who has been the victim of a huge plot? Besançon's anesthesiologist is being tried from this Monday, September 8th for poisoning thirty patients between 2008 and 2017, twelve of whom have died. An unprecedented case in the judicial annals. After eight years of intense investigations, this XXL trial opened this morning in a certain febrileness. Cerned by an impressive cloud …
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