Tom Waes sentenced to 3 months of driving ban and alcohol lock after a major accident (Antwerp)
Tom Waes was sentenced by the police court on Monday to a three -month driving ban. The judge also imposed an alcohol lock and a fine of 2,560 euros. He himself was not present at the police court, said his lawyer who came to hear the ruling.
Specifically, the court sentenced the TV presenter to a total fine of 2,560 euros, a three-month driving ban, one of which with delay for a probationary period of three years. After those three months, Waes must succeed for four recovery examinations before he can go on the road again by car. He will also have to use an alcohol lock for a year, the judge ruled.
The court did not respond to his request to impose a sentence with a postponement, with the condition that he would actively commit himself to the Emilie Leus fund.
« The court welcomes that Tom Waes is prepared to actively contribute to organizations that are committed to traffic victims and raising awareness about alcohol in traffic, » says Luc De Cleir, spokesperson for the police court. « For example, he can contribute to the increase in social awareness about the dangers of alcohol in traffic. However, the court does not consider it appropriate to impose this commitment as a condition in the context of a punishment with a delay. »
« He can make an active contribution to the Emilie Leus Fund on a voluntary basis or cooperate in raising awareness campaigns with regard to alcohol in traffic, » the court argues. « No follow -up by the judiciary is needed for that. »
Tom Waes drove home on the Left Bank in the night from Friday 29 to Saturday 30 November after a night out on the Antwerp South. Just before the Kennedytunnel, he crashed with his old -timer Porsche on a bots absorber of road works that he had not noticed. Waes herself suffered serious injuries and was even in danger. A worker was slightly injured in the Botsbsorbeerder.
The findings after the accident showed that Waes did not wear his belt and that he had 2.44 promille alcohol in the blood, according to the public prosecutor the equivalent of 14 alcohol consumptions. Waes, meanwhile on the better hand, also admitted that he had too much drunk, and publicly apologized.
