A man who illegally imported cropped and docked Doberman puppies into the UK has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison for risking the rabies free status of the country.
On Monday 17 May, at Bournemouth Crown Court, Peter Graham HARMAN (aged 39) formally of Portland Road, Weymouth, was sentenced having previously pleaded guilty to six offences relating to the importation and sale of litters of Doberman puppies, following an investigation by Dorset Council Trading Standards. Harman had pleaded guilty on 23 March, to an offence under the Fraud Act of participating in a fraudulent business for a three year period; four offences of breaching Rabies import controls on numerous occasions and an offence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations of misleading claims in his advertising about the history and transportation of the animals.
Peter HARMAN was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison.
Man sentenced for importing puppies illegally – Dorset Council news