Posted AT 5:17 AM EDT on 18/04/07
Necessity defence clears man of driving drunk
SUDBURY — A Sudbury man was cleared yesterday of drunk-driving charges after admitting he drove while impaired to seek mental-health assistance after a failed suicide attempt.In ruling on what he called this "most unusual" case, Judge John Keast acquitted Benoit Desrosiers, 51, on the rare defence of necessity.
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