{"id":2118,"date":"2025-01-17T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/repeat-drunk-driver-allowed-to-buy-off-jail-time\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:05:49","slug":"repeat-drunk-driver-allowed-to-buy-off-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/repeat-drunk-driver-allowed-to-buy-off-jail-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat drunk driver allowed to buy off jail time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1258926\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/thessaloniki_courthouse_web-320x200.jpg?v=1707889923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/thessaloniki_courthouse_web.jpg?v=1707889922\" alt=\"Repeat drunk driver allowed to buy off jail time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/thessaloniki_courthouse_web-960x600.jpg?v=1707889923\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[File photo]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A repeat drunk driver has been handed a 17-month jail sentence, which he can buy off at the rate of \u20ac10 a day, by a Thessaloniki court.<\/p>\n<p>When he was stopped by police on Tuesday in the Oreokastro area of the city, police found him to be over the legal limit and to be driving with a license, which was revoked in March 2024 for five years after he was found drunk behind the wheel on two other occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old defendant told the court that he had consumed \u201c5 to 6 beers at a friend\u2019s birthday\u201d and that he used his car because he had to go to work.<\/p>\n<p>The man was making dangerous maneuvers in his car when stopped by police.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1258926\/repeat-drunk-driver-allowed-to-buy-off-jail-time\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[File photo] A repeat drunk driver has been handed a 17-month jail sentence, which he can buy off at the rate of \u20ac10 a day, by a Thessaloniki court. 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