The Lille Criminal Court released on Wednesday February 9 a doctor from the Sequedin remand center (Nord), prosecuted for "
manslaughter
" after the death in February 2016 of an inmate following a digestive haemorrhage.
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The prosecution had requested a one-year suspended prison sentence for Dr. L during the hearing in the fall, but President Ludovic Duprey declared Wednesday “
inadmissible
” the complaints of the civil parties.
The lawyer for the detainee's family, Me Emmanuel Riglaire, announced to AFP his intention to appeal.
On February 12, 2016, Adil Taychi, a reputedly difficult prison inmate, died after a digestive haemorrhage.
A superficial clinical examination
Three days earlier, the doctor from the hospital unit of the penitentiary centre, on duty that evening, had considered, after examination, that there was no need to extract the man from his cell to send him to the emergency room, although he vomited blood and then became unwell.
In question, in particular: the difficulties related to the extraction of the prisoner and the context of care in the prison environment.
Dr. L had re-examined Adil Taychi on the day of his death and found an elevated heart rate and blood pressure.
He had attributed them to the prisoner's hunger strike, who had lost 16 kilos between May 2015 and February 2016. content with a superficial clinical examination.
“
He may not have seen clearly, (…) but the diagnostic error is not a criminal fault.
It takes gross negligence
“, pleaded his lawyer Me Stefan Squillaci.
The doctor for his part said "
sincerely sorry for not having managed to avoid this tragedy
".
