Mand med alkoholskabende krop frifundet for spritkørsel

mand med alkoholskabende krop frifundet for spritkørsel

Auto-brewery syndrome er navnet på en sjælden sygdom, som betød, at mand blev frifundet for spritkørsel. (Arkivfoto).

En mand med en alkoholskabende krop er mandag blevet frifundet for spritkørsel i Belgien.

Den 40-årige mand beviste i sagen, at han lider af sygdommen ABS – eller auto-brewery syndrome.

Den meget sjældne tilstand gør, at der sker en fermenteringsproces af kulhydrater i fordøjelssystemet.

Dermed stiger ens promille, og den syge person kan blive beruset uden at have drukket alkohol.

Mandens advokat, Anse Ghesquiere, siger, at forskere tror, at antallet af ABS-tilfælde på verdensplan er undervurderet.

Kun omkring 20 mennesker i hele verden er officielt blevet diagnosticeret med sygdommen.

Til nyhedsbureauet Reuters siger Ghesquiere, at manden “i endnu et uheldigt sammentræf” arbejder på et bryggeri.

Advokaten understreger, at hendes klient gennemgik test hos tre læger for at bevise sin sygdom.

Derfor anerkendte den belgiske domstol, at faktorer, som der var ikke blevet taget højde for i loven, havde betydning for sagen. Den 40-årige blev således frifundet.

Manden havde ellers flere gange afleveret spritprøver et godt stykke over den belgiske promillegrænse, der ligesom i Danmark er på 0,5.

Det svarer til en alkometerlæsning på 0,22 milligram alkohol per liter udåndet luft.

Manden havde imidlertid afgivet en prøve på først 0,91 milligram alkohol per liter udåndingsluft i april 2022 – og så 0,71 milligram en måned senere.

I 2019 fik han en bøde og en midlertidig frakendelse af kørekortet. Også dengang protesterede han og sagde, at han ikke havde drukket alkohol.

Manden kendte angiveligt ikke til sin sjældne sygdom, før han senest blev stoppet for spritbilisme.

Advokaten siger, at hun og klienten nu afventer en formel meddelelse om frifindelsen. Anklagerne har en måned til at anke dommen, hvis de ønsker det.

I mellemtiden følger manden en diæt med kun få kulhydrater for at undgå, at hans krop producerer mere alkohol.

/ritzau/AFP

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