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Loire-Atlantique: What did this dentist do to end up in court?

The lawyers of the civil parties, with legal expertise in support, cited several implants, treatment according to them unjustified, the amount of which was estimated by the prosecution at 60,000 euros ©vladdeep – stock.adobe.com

A 62-year-old dentist was leading the criminal court of Saint-Nazaire on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, tried for “fraudulent abuse of the ignorance or weakness of a vulnerable person to induce him to a prejudicial act or abstention”. He was assisted by the Parisian lawyer, Mand Philippe Besis. The prosecution ultimately maintained the period from 2006 to the end of 2008.

Try until 2am!

Visibly showing signs of degenerative Alzheimer’s disease at the time of treatment, the victim died in 2010, aged 80. Present, her two daughters were assisted by Mr.and Fanny Khau-Chastaing. Also present were the president of the department of the national order of dentists and the former president, assisted by Mr.and Corinne Landreau.

The trial started at 10.30pm and finished at 2am. All the protagonists were there from Tuesday at 2 pm…

The debates were heated. The lawyers of the civil parties, with legal expertise in support, cited several implants, unjustified treatments, the amount of which was estimated by the prosecution at 60,000 euros.

Sentence handed down on February 7

The defender has produced his own reports, which are inadmissible as they are not judicial. Her client affirmed her good faith: “Not being a neurologist, I couldn’t see anything”, stating that she could very well come to the studio “in moments of lucidity”. Without convincing the prosecutor, who asked for an 18-month suspended prison sentence, a fine of 60,000 euros and a five-year ban from practicing the profession.

Upon advice, the sentence will be pronounced on February 7, 2023.

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