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May 25, 2012
Drunk driving suspect: I got plastered after stopping the car
Published: 11 Sep 09 13:21 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22022/20090911/
A driver arrested in southern Sweden with a high concentration of alcohol in his blood has been cleared of any wrongdoing after convincing jurors that he first started drinking in the moments after he stopped his car, Metro reports.
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When the police arrived on the scene the suspect was so drunk that he promptly fell over. But by the time the case came to court the man had managed to come up with an unexpected explanation for his inebriated state.
Appearing in front of Lund District Court, he claimed there was a brief period prior to his arrest during which none of the witnesses had been keeping an eye on him. The man claimed that he used this window of opportunity to swill back more than half a litre of hard liquor.
The court conceded that this version of events could not be disproved. As it was impossible to nail down the extent to which he had been under the influence while behind the wheel of his car, the man was cleared of the drunk driving charges.
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"Man Sues Swedish Government for False Arrest" and they'll actually pay this clown!!!
How many times does this garbage have to take place before the authorites actually get a clue their being taken for a sap ???
"since no one was hurt."
what a another idiot so i guess its ok to drink and drive as long as no one gets hurt ,WOW!! Do you want to play russian roulette
Wonder how the jury will feel if he hurts someone next week and they had a chance to prevent it.
WAKE UP!
3 years ago in Ireland I was knocked down/driven over/hospitalized by a drunk driver. He was tested after the incident and was found to be 3.5 times over the legal limit and 4 days later he got his car back from the cops. Only 7 months later was he sentenced in court to 2 years without a drivers license...which only came into effect 6 months later. So this guy (who had a habit of driving drunk at night) was not put off the road until over a year after nearly having killed me. I'm not sure it would have been too different if I had been killed.
Despite this, and after much though, I believe that the idea of being innocent until proven guilty is important as people should be given the chance of a fair trial before being judged.
H.
Whatever reason that he came up with would be an obvious attempt to thwart the course of Justice and I would throw the book at him.