Judge: You're a drunk, and your beer choice sucks

Written by DJ Spiess

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Australian judge gives seven time offending drunk who spends $1000 AU a week on beer a harsh talking to and slams his choice of beer.

It has been a while since Australia was represented in the beer nuts category (last time by Megan Jane “drunk schoolgirl” Conroy ). This week Michael Leary, father of two, was reprimanded in court for his seventh drunk driving offense.

The judge decided to not give him jail time, and I’d almost say the judge deserves a beer nut award. SEVEN drunk driving offenses and NO jail time. Not only seven offenses, but one earlier DWI resulted in a fatality (in 1989). Leary repeated his behavior after killing someone.

All these different beers, and he chose Melbourne Bitter every time.

The judge was going to give him a 4 month sentence, but he thought Leary was willing to change. I’m getting that “I can change” song from the South Park movie stuck in my head. Oh, and he fined him $100 AU and told him he can’t buy beer for a year. I’m sure the latter will be enforceable, not.

This is where the story gets weird. Leary was a construction worker who earned $2000 AU per week, but was spending $1000 AU of his salary on beer. It wasn’t 10 Samuel Adams’ Utopias either. His beer of choice was Melbourne Bitter. Spending $1000 AU a weeks equals about 27 cases of Melbourne Bitter, almost 4 cases a day.

He could have bought Utopias 10 times each week on his beer budget.

The beer is 4.6% ABV, so it is conceivable he could drink all the beer, but I still do not see how he could be functional on any level with that much beer in his gut. He was drinking because his girlfriend left him. Oh waaa.

The judge double dissed him in court saying he made two “poor choices”. What were his two offenses according to the judge? Drinking to excess of course, and drinking Melbourne Bitter.

(Source: News.AU )

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