2024-08-05 16:10:12
The prosecutor of the Republic of Besançon, Etienne Manteaux, told AFP on Monday, August 5, that the former anesthetist Frédéric Péchier was detained for 30 years in a Besançon clinic. The poisoning of 12 patients, 12 of whom died, was referred to the Assizes of the Douban Province.
The 369-page document summarizing more than seven years of investigation and the charges against 52-year-old Mr Pageye was signed by two investigating judges in the Circuit Court on Monday. He faces life in prison, according to Besançon prosecutors.
The incident began when an anesthetist at one of the clinics raised the alarm after three patients suffered unexplained cardiac arrests during surgery. In the vast majority of cases, expert judgment has the following issues: «The strength of doubt» – In some cases, “Certainty” – Fatal doses of substances were sometimes administered to patients undergoing surgeries at the two clinics run by Mr. Péchier, usually for benign procedures.
Dazzling documents
“We are not surprised, this has been announced from the beginning. There is no investigating judge in this case”Commented Me Lee Takhedmit, representing all the lawyers of Peshye.
Philip Cohen, a lawyer for the anesthetists union Snarf, a civil party in the case, said he was awaiting trial and believed “The prosecutors did a very thorough job justifying the fact that all of these documents were reviewed in circuit court.”. The prosecutor said the defense now has ten days to object to the transfer, but he could not give a specific date for the trial.
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This file is “Unprecedented” In the annals of French justice, “We are not in the euthanasia framework at all””, insisted Etienne Manto. “This is totally unique”because the facts alleged are not specific to “Poison can reduce the pain of patients. There, most of these people are in good health and come to receive harmless surgeries.” wait ‘His vital prognosis is not at risk’.
“Another dizzying dimension to this document”Mr. Manto analyzed: “According to the prosecution, in fact, the doctor who had the conflict with Mr. Pageye was the target, and the patient was not targeted.” “A vector [les] arrival”he added.
However, the practitioner will not be tried in connection with the other two cases, which were more favorable than the indictment and the judge had decided to partially dismiss the two poisonings, he added.
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