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Post by The Wise and Powerful on Aug 18, 2009 11:34:46 GMT -5
Drunk-driving lottery winner tries to bribe cop2 hrs 13 mins ago AFP/File – Pascal-Jerome Brun, a butcher from suburban Bordeaux in southwestern France, poses in Paris after receiving … BORDEAUX, France (AFP) – A French EuroMillions lottery winner has been found guilty of trying to bribe traffic police after they caught him drunk at the wheel of a souped-up Ferrari, his lawyer said Tuesday. Pascal Brun, a 39-year-old former butcher who began collecting Italian sportscars after scooping a 26-million-euro (37-million-dollar) jackpot in 2004, was nabbed on France's Atlantic coast near Bordeaux Saturday, local media reported. Police noticed the millionaire seemed heavily drunk after asking him to move his yellow Ferrari, which was badly parked near the seafront. A breathalyser test showed him to be four times over the limit, Sud Ouest newspaper said. Brun, who has already lost his licence once for drunk-driving a Ferrari, invited the two traffic wardens to his house for an aperitif -- and offered each of them 1,000 euros to turn a blind eye, the paper said. Convicted of drunk-driving and of trying to corrupt a public official, the millionaire was on Monday handed a six-month jail sentence, including three suspended, and ordered to pay 500 euros in damages to each police officer. The punishment still has to be reviewed by a sentencing magistrate, and Brun's lawyer plans to ask for his client to be made to wear an electronic tag instead of going to jail. His driving licence was revoked again and the court impounded his car, a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. In Brun's defence, lawyer Pierre Blazy said he been increasingly lonely since his lottery win, and that cars were his "only passion".
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Post by «ŠÞëärƒïsh» on Aug 18, 2009 11:45:21 GMT -5
I promise to be careful when I win the lottery. ;D
Do you think the officers get to keep the 500 euros?
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Post by The Wise and Powerful on Aug 18, 2009 11:48:57 GMT -5
I promise to be careful when I win the lottery. ;D Do you think the officers get to keep the 500 euros? Prolly not.
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Post by «ŠÞëärƒïsh» on Aug 18, 2009 11:53:01 GMT -5
That's too bad.
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Post by yourworstnightmare on Aug 18, 2009 21:23:59 GMT -5
Entrapment springs to mind... wankers
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Post by The Wise and Powerful on Aug 19, 2009 0:11:03 GMT -5
Frankly, if I'd won that much money I would have a limo and a driver.
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bella
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Post by bella on Aug 19, 2009 9:47:48 GMT -5
the whole thing stinks to me
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