Overview
- Prosecutors last week requested life imprisonment with a 22‑year safety period, describing Frédéric Péchier as a serial killer who used medicine to kill.
- Defense lawyer Randall Schwerdorffer argued the case rests on a void of proof and said investigators fixated on Péchier instead of exploring other leads.
- Péchier is accused of poisoning 30 patients between 2008 and 2017 in two Besançon clinics, with 12 deaths, by contaminating infusion bags with potassium, local anesthetics, adrenaline or heparin.
- After today's defense summation, the accused is expected to address the court once more before deliberations begin, with a verdict due by Friday.
- The proceedings featured extensive expert testimony and emotional accounts from civil parties, with 27 lawyers representing presumed victims and families.