The owner of a bar in France is being charged with Manslaughter after being accused of allowing a man known only as Renaud (57), to drink so much that he died.

The Le Starter bar allegedly had a blackboard on the wall of the bar informing people about the world record for drinking shots, this is thought to have given Renaud the idea about his extreme drinking session.

Witnesses say that Renaud had already had 14 shots before starting his world record attempt, which he kicked off by doing 30 shots within one minute.

Renaud's daughter claims the bar owner whispered ’12 more to go’ into the inebriated mans ear.

After 56 shots he went into cardiac arrest and died the next day in hospital.

The prosecuting lawyer Antoine Portal said ‘inciting someone to consume’ is an ‘extremely serious mistake for a bar owner’.

The bar owner has insisted that patrons are ‘responsible for themselves’ while drinking at his establishment.