Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter Two puppy farmers who bred and sold sick dogs to families in Greater Manchester have been spared jail.
Betty Burton, 35, and Jeff McDonagh, 38, conned unsuspecting members of the public out of an estimated £250,000. A court heard that many of the dogs, which included cavapoos, French bulldogs and cocker spaniels, died a short time after being sold. READ MORE: Mum-of-two stabbed to death in Stalybridge named as friends pay tribute Out of the 42 puppies which were sold by the pair, fifteen tragically died, and all required veterinary treatment for different illnesses and health problems.
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