Overview
- At his thirteenth appearance on November 18 before the Doubs cour d'assises in Besançon, the former anesthesiologist announced he would not respond to questions.
- He objected to how court-appointed experts addressed his late query about the degradation speed of adrenaline once mixed into a hydration solution.
- He nevertheless conceded that Kevin Bardot, a patient who suffered severe postoperative complications after a 2016 knee operation, had been poisoned.
- Bardot testified the day before that he awoke in intensive care nearly two weeks after surgery and described repeated near-death episodes during his recovery.
- Péchier is accused of poisoning 30 patients between 2008 and 2017, including 12 deaths, and the trial’s current focus is on a 2016 cluster at Clinique Saint‑Vincent.