Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A French court sentenced a former "star" anesthetist to life in prison after convicting him of murdering 12 of his patients over a period of almost 10 years by administering substances that caused cardiac arrest or deadly haemorrhages.

After a three-and-a-half-month trial, anaesthetist Frédéric Péchier was sentenced Thursday in Besançon to life in prison for all the charges against him, a verdict he plans to appeal. Péchier is accused…

A French court has sentenced a doctor to life in jail for poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, reportedly in an attempt to discredit co-workers.

A court finds Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with substances that caused cardiac arrest or hemorrhaging.