A cafe owner has been arrested after a customer was served dishwater detergent instead of wine and DIED.
Police in Spain are investigating after Andres Lorente was served industrial cleaner which had been put inside an empty wine bottle and stored in a fridge.
The tragic 50-year-old had ordered a glass of white wine on Sunday afternoon but was then served the colourless and odourless liquid cleaner by mistake.
The victim, a divorced dad-of-two, was taken from the unnamed cafe in Benircarlo, east Spain, by ambulance to a local health centre before being rushed to hospital in nearby Vinaros as his condition worsened.
He died from internal burns to his windpipe, throat and stomach before he could be airlifted to a specialist centre in the provincial capital Castellon.
An autopsy was due to take place yesterday.
Local Civil Guard officers confirmed they had arrested the cafe-bar owner on suspicion of manslaughter and released him on bail after questioning.
He is due to appear before an investigating judge today for further questioning.
The bar was closed after the incident and the bottle containing the cleaner as well as the glass the dead man drunk from, were taken away for expert analysis.
A source close to the investigation said: "Everything at the moment is pointing towards a tragedy caused by negligence rather than ill-intent.
"The industrial cleaner appears to have been placed in an empty wine bottle in the fridge with the terrible consequences that entailed.
"In its appearance, texture and colour, it was identical to the glass of white wine the victim had ordered.
"Our understanding is he only took a small sip of the liquid."
Culled From Mirror
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