Anesthetist Frédéric Péchier is accused of having poisoned around 30 patients, 12 of whom died. Seven years later, he asked to be tried before a criminal court.

“I want to come out of there permanently cleared,” assures PéChier. ‘No one says they saw me handling (anesthesia) bags or having a strange attitude,’ says the suspect, who now clings to an anonymous missive placed in the file in 2021.