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Pet shop letter fails to keep man out of jail after he bashed brother with a bowl

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Source reporting: rnz.co.nz

Anthony Gugich hoped a glowing reference from a pet shop about his care of a rare African grey parrot might help keep him out of jail. It did not.

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