A parrot has been reported to the police for foul-mouthed squawking at a neighbour.

Parrot

Parrot

Gill Grieg claims that the bird, a female African grey named Pablo, was taught by her owner Stephen Davidson to swear at her, an allegation that he has denied.

Davidson told The Sun newspaper: "Pablo swears a lot. I call her mucky mouth. But she is only copying things she hears on the television or around the house.

"I’m not actually training her to swear at anyone."

Grieg explained that she has been at loggerheads with Davidson after they clashed over an extension he planned for his home in Hartlepool but says she isn't angry at the parrot.

She said: "He didn’t like us challenging the extension. It’s him we have a problem with, not the parrot.

"Our sympathy is with Pablo for being dragged into this. He’s still getting his extension, just round the other side of the house."