France - Doctor accused of poisoning patients to show off his resuscitation skills when they went into cardiac arrest - Besançon, 2008

[Clearsky]

Doctor Accused of Poisoning Patients to Show Off His Resuscitation Skills When They Went into Cardiac Arrest: Reports

A doctor in France has been accused of poisoning patients so he could show off his resuscitation skills when they went into cardiac arrest, according to reports. Frédéric Péchier went on trial on Sept. 8 following a years-long investigation.

people.com

On Monday, Sept. 8, Frédéric Péchier's trial began at the Doubs Assize Court in the eastern city of Besançon, per French outlets RTL, Le Monde and France 24.

 

[LadyL]

Doctor Accused of Poisoning Patients to Show Off His Resuscitation Skills When They Went into Cardiac Arrest: Reports

A doctor in France has been accused of poisoning patients so he could show off his resuscitation skills when they went into cardiac arrest, according to reports. Frédéric Péchier went on trial on Sept. 8 following a years-long investigation.

people.com

On Monday, Sept. 8, Frédéric Péchier's trial began at the Doubs Assize Court in the eastern city of Besançon, per French outlets RTL, Le Monde and France 24.

View attachment 613258

he and his lawyer(s) seem to think something is funny (in this picture)

 

[Flokossama]

he and his lawyer(s) seem to think something is funny (in this picture)

His lawyer, Randall Schwerdorffer, has a taste for high-profile trials. His ego easily rivals his waistline, and one only has to see him in interviews, sweating and unshaven and basking in his own theatrics, to grasp the character. Still, he remains a courtroom heavyweight, a face and a name now firmly etched in France’s legal landscape.

 

[Flokossama]

It would be interesting to open a thread dedicated to the case of Dr. Péchier. If he’s found guilty, he would become one of the worst serial killers in French history. Since I live part of the year in France, I could take care of it myself, especially as many of my fellow countrymen are following the case very closely. The trial is expected to last for several months anyway.

 

[Warwick1991]

It would be interesting to open a thread dedicated to the case of Dr. Péchier. If he’s found guilty, he would become one of the worst serial killers in French history. Since I live part of the year in France, I could take care of it myself, especially as many of my fellow countrymen are following the case very closely. The trial is expected to last for several months anyway.

I think the worst serial killer in French history may have been another doctor, Dr Marcel Petiot. Petiot, one of the most devious serial killers in history, operated during WWII. His scheme was to attract people fleeing the Nazis, many of them French Jews, and to murder them in his office with injections of cyanide. He was convicted of either 24 or 26 murders, depending on the accounts, and executed in 1946, but he may have had as many as 150 victims. Suitcases and belongings of at least 50 people were found in his house. A book in English on Petiot by author David King was published in 2011, Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris.

See also: “Doctor” Marcel Petiot: Serial Murderer - PMC

 

[Flokossama]

I think the worst serial killer in French history may have been another doctor, Dr Marcel Petiot. Petiot, one of the most devious serial killers in history, operated during WWII. His scheme was to attract people fleeing the Nazis, many of them French Jews, and to murder them in his office with injections of cyanide. He was convicted of either 24 or 26 murders, depending on the accounts, and executed in 1946, but he may have had as many as 150 victims. Suitcases and belongings of at least 50 people were found in his house. A book in English on Petiot by author David King was published in 2011, Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris.

See also: “Doctor” Marcel Petiot: Serial Murderer - PMC

You’re absolutely right, that’s why I said one of the worst rather than the worst. In Petiot’s case there was a financial motive, while with Péchier that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. I’ve also opened a thread about Péchier in the Serial Killers section to follow the case more closely.