A Belgian man has been cleared of drink driving charges due to a rare condition that causes his body to produce alcohol.
A Belgian man has been cleared of drink driving charges due to a rare condition that causes his body to produce alcohol - even when he's not drinking.charges due to a rare condition that causes his body to produce alcohol – even when he’s not drinking.
The 40-year-old just so happens to work as a brewer, which his lawyer said was “another unfortunate coincidence”. A few years later in 2022, he was pulled over by police once more, and was found to be over the limit again. It was around 4pm when he was stopped, and told officers that he had only had two beers the previous evening.Local media reports that during one examination his body “massively converted the carbohydrates into alcohol”, via
It’s reported that he was not prosecuted for drink driving or given a ban, but measures were put in place for the future.
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