Rip Torn avoids DUI charge

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A judge has dismissed charges of driving while intoxicated against actor Rip Torn.

The 79-year-old avoided conviction after completing a court-mandated programme on alcohol education, reports The AP. The programme allows alcohol offenders to clear their records by attending the course.

He was stopped by police in 2008 while driving below the speed limit in a breakdown lane close to his home in Salisbury, CT.

Torn still faces charges for a bank robbery that he allegedly performed while drunk and armed in January 2010.