‘Drunk driving’ box ship captain get suspended sentence

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THE captain of a containership has managed to avoid prison sentence despite being in control of his vessel while nearly four times over the legal alcohol limit, reports BBC News. Zbigniew Chowaniec, a 65-year-old Polish national, confessed to the offense when authorities boarded his ship at Felixstowe, Suffolk on January 15. He received a suspended eight-week prison sentence, valid for 12 months. Expressing remorse, Chowaniec stated that he was ‘truly sorry’ and acknowledged the end of his...

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