Hanover – A judge in Germany ordered a drink for an alcoholic whose withdrawal symptoms were affecting his testimony in a murder trial, a report said.

According to a MailOnline report, Judge Frank Rosenow, 53, told the witness: “I think you need a drink.” to which homeless man Miroslav Waldchek, 50, replied: “I think I do, too, your honour.”

The judge then reportedly sent a court official to buy two small bottles of Weinbrand – a strong German brandy. The courtroom assistant returned and put the bottle into the shaking hands of Waldchek.

He was allowed to go into a sideroom adjacent to the State Court in Hanover to guzzle his potion under the eyes of a doctor.

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