No way can he have drank that much beer in a week.  

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge was spending about A$1,000 ($972) a week on beer -- enough to buy more than 2,500 small bottles a month, a newspaper said Tuesday.

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The heartbroken construction worker began drowning his sorrows after breaking up with his partner five years ago, 

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