Parrott calls 999 to save owner

Parrott - Anyone else would have done the same.

Ex-snooker player and former World Champion John Parrott has been praised by the St Johns ambulance service after dialing 999 when his owner collapsed. Parrott's owner, Dick Berry, fell off the sofa whilst reaching for the remote control last Tuesday. Parrott who is the legal property of Berry, sprung into action by leaping off his perch and dialed 999 to alert the emergency services. Paramedics rushed to the scene and forced their way in to the property. Berry was found safe and sound on the sofa with just a strained intercostal muscle, but this didn't detract from what the ambulance services hailed as 'an unbridled act of heroism' from Parrott.

The first Paramedic on the scene, Joan Squarechin, said 'When control radio come through that a Parrott had called 999 you are immediately concerned for the owner, and the Parrott. We had a little laugh when we realised what had happened, but it's still a selfless act by Parrott.'

Berry described Parrott as 'His little hero'. The unemployed father of 10 told reporters, 'I couldn't believe it when the Ambulance turned up. I have drilled the number 999 into Parrotts head countless times, I had no idea he had it in him.' 

The Liverpudlian MBE and TV personality received a paramedic teddy bear, and an assortment of seeds.