French anaesthetist goes on trial accused of poisonings that killed 12 patients

Frédéric Péchier, 53, allegedly targeted 30 children and adults at clinic, some of whom could not be resuscitated

A French anaesthetist accused of intentionally poisoning 30 child and adult patients between the ages of four and 89, 12 of whom died, has gone on trial in the city where he worked.

Frédéric Péchier, 53, worked at two clinics in the eastern city of Besançon when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve could not be resuscitated.