Barman guilty over 56 shots that killed customer
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Published
05/28/2015
Barman has been convicted of manslaughter and given a suspended sentence after allowing a customer to drink 56 shots that led to his death.
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Renaud Prudhomme, 56, was at the bar with his daughter and friends when he attempted to break its shots record. -
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Mr Prudhomme was helped home but later taken to hospital, where he died the following day. -
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Barman Gilles Crepin, 47, admitted he encouraged Mr Prudhomme by displaying the shots record on a noticeboard. -
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Mr Crepin was given a four-month suspended sentence and banned from working in a bar for a year. -
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His lawyer, Renaud Portejoie, said he would appeal against the decision. "It's a decision guided by emotion and the unconscious desire to set an example," said Mr Portejoie, -
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He told the court that Mr Prudhomme had existing respiratory and alcohol abuse problems. "We can't ask every customer who buys alcohol to present their medical certificates," he said. -
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Antoine Portal, who represented Mr Prudhomme's daughter, said the family was "relieved" by the decision to ban Mr Crepin from working as a bartender. -
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"We want to remind some professionals that it is illegal to serve alcohol to clients who are in an advanced state of inebriation," she said. -
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