Overview
- Péchier, a 53-year-old anesthetist, is on trial in Besançon accused of roughly 30 patient poisonings, including 12 deaths, alleged to have occurred between 2008 and 2017.
- He testified about his life and family, maintained his innocence, and said he would have confessed if guilty out of regard for his relatives.
- Behavioral analyst Peggy Alliman told the court he matches a serial-killer profile, a conclusion she reached without interviewing him in person.
- Psychiatric experts who evaluated Péchier do not endorse the profiler’s view, as the court’s review of his personality highlighted both positive and self-centered traits.
- Proceedings also recalled a separate 1998–2001 euthanasia inquiry at the local CHU that ended in a 2018 non-prosecution for him, and the verdict in the current case is expected by December 19.