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15 pints - but no fun
Richard Butt14/ 3/2008
A CONFESSION: I bought 15 pints in one day. But I wasn’t binge drinking.
I needed a visual cue for my story about Jonathan Marchant, a Chorlton man who was 5.37 times over the drink-driving limit when caught behind the wheel of his car.
He wasn’t jailed – to the anger of some road safety groups.
Fifteen pints is a heck of a lot of lager. It’s also a lot of money. Forty-five quid, to be precise.
Another confession: After we filmed the story, the assistant manager of the Old Nag’s Head in the city centre poured it down the drain while I went back to Channel M Towers to edit it.
What a waste. At least Channel M isn’t financed by the licence fee!
Richard Butt edits Channel M’s early evening news – every weeknight from 5pm
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