Overview
- Prosecutor Christine de Curraize closed her plea by calling the 53-year-old defendant “Dr. Death” and demanding life imprisonment.
- AFP reports the request includes a minimum 22-year term before any possibility of sentence reduction.
- Frédéric Péchier is accused of poisoning 30 patients between 2008 and 2017 at two private clinics, with 12 deaths among victims aged 4 to 89.
- Investigators say toxic substances were added to preoperative infusions to trigger cardiac arrest, allegedly to discredit colleagues, which Péchier denies.
- Defense arguments are scheduled for Monday, with a verdict expected on December 19.