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Woman found guilty of murdering husband after it was witnessed by parrot

Glenna Duram’s parrot witnessed her murdering her husband (Picture: ABC/REX)
Glenna Duram’s parrot witnessed her murdering her husband (Picture: ABC/REX)

A woman has been found guilty of murdering her husband in a case that saw a parrot witness the moment she shot him five times.

Glenna Duram blasted her husband, Martin, in 2015, before an unsuccessful suicide attempt saw her turning the gun on herself.

But the brutal crime was witnessed by their parrot, an African Grey named Bud, who repeatedly kept shouting ‘Don’t shoot!’, in the victim’s voice to Mr Duram’s ex-wife.

Mrs Duram, 49, has now been found guilty of first-degree murder, but the pet was not used in court proceedings after a prosecutor initially considered using the parrot’s squawking as potential evidence.

The crime was witnessed by Bud the Parrot (Picture: Rex)
The crime was witnessed by Bud the Parrot (Picture: Rex)

Christina Keller, Mr Duram’s ex-wife, previously said that she believed that the parrot was repeating a conversation from the night of the murder, with the phrase ‘Don’t Shoot’, being muttered by the bird along with an added expletive.

Mr Duram’s mother Lillian said at the time: ‘That bird picks up everything and anything, and it’s got the filthiest mouth around.’

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Speaking after the trial ended, she described the pain of watching Mrs Duram standing ’emotionless’ in court as she awaited trial for her son’s murder.

‘It just isn’t good; just isn’t good. Two years is a long time to wait for justice,’ she told local media.

Glenna Duram, meanwhile, is due to be sentenced next month.