dog riddled with "fleas and mites" said they were compelled to save her after they were 'dogfished' online. Peter and Mona Townsend said they were left to nurse a "sick" dog back to health after they were scammed into believing they had purchased a 15-month-old Shih Tzu named Blue.
But instead, the couple, from Belvedere, south east London, were given a three-year-old dog, who walked with a limp and smelt so bad that their daughter Katrina was too scared to go near her.
Mona said she had asked if she could meet the seller at her home but was given the location of Blue Water Shopping Centre car park in Kent instead where she met the seller in April 2015.She told the Daily Star: "We didn't know more about her past but when we got her, she was.
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