My bird ate it, driver tells Wollongong Highway Patrol

Glen Humphries
January 7 2021 - 3:00pm
The chopped-up "licence" a Fairy Meadow man handed to police, saying his bird ate it. Picture: NSW Police
The chopped-up "licence" a Fairy Meadow man handed to police, saying his bird ate it. Picture: NSW Police

"My bird ate my licence" could be one of the more unusual excuses Wollongong Highway Patrol officers have heard.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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