Thursday, May 28, 2015

French barman convicted of manslaughter for allowing a customer to drink too much

A French court has convicted a barman of manslaughter for allowing a man to drink 56 shots in an attempt to break a drinking record which resulted in his death.

The barman, 47 year old Gilles Crepin, was given a 4 month suspended sentence and cannot work as a bartender for a year. 

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports. 

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