Overview
- The Doubs assizes court plans to deliver its decision on Thursday, December 18, from 9 a.m., concluding a trial that opened on September 8.
- Prosecutors requested life imprisonment with a 22‑year security period, branding the former anaesthetist a serial killer who used medicine to kill.
- Their theory alleges tampering of infusion bags with potassium, local anaesthetics, adrenaline or heparin, triggering cardiac arrests or unexplained hemorrhages.
- The defense sought a full acquittal, arguing a void of proof, claiming investigators fixed on Péchier from the outset, and invoking the Patrick Dils miscarriage‑of‑justice.
- Péchier has maintained his innocence and, though appearing free since September, must remain at the justice system’s disposal as the court deliberates in a confidential location.