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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Man graduates 41 years after being denied ceremony by parrot problem

Jonny Clothier and Carter in graduation robes and mortar boards outside Bristol university
Jonny Clothier with his son Carter at their graduation on the same day at the University of Bristol. Photograph: University of Bristol/PA

A man who was denied his graduation for 41 years because of an unpaid bill of £64.80 relating to a parrot has finally donned his cap and gown on the same day as his son.

Jonny Clothier studied architecture at the University of Bristol and was meant to graduate with his peers in 1983. But his old flatmate had a parrot which, after being left unsupervised, had free run of their university accommodation and was said to have wrecked the place.

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