QUIRKY WORLD ... Parrot could be key witness in case of fatal shooting

USA: A parrot called Bud could be a key witness in the fatal shooting of a man in Michigan, his ex-wife believes.

She said the bird repeats the last words said by Martin Duram — but the prosecutor in the case is playing down whether the evidence will stand up in court. Newaygo County prosecutor Robert Springstead said that when a judge asks a witness to raise his or her right hand, “to a parrot, are you raising a wing, a foot?”

Mr Duram, 45, was shot five times in his home in Ensley Township in May 2015. His ex-wife, Christina Keller, now owns Bud, an African grey parrot that has repeated “don’t [expletive] shoot” in her former husband’s voice, she told Wood-TV. No charges have been filed in the case and Mr Duram’s death remains under investigation.