The Ballynahinch guy who traded under the name AP Canine Transport, was prosecuted in England with the co-operation of animal well-being officers from Belfast City Council.
Police stopped his vehicle in in 2 lorries Redditch, Worcestershire on December 8, 2020, and found inside 44 dogs in 12 confined and unclean cages plus a significant quantity of money.
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Phillips was jailed under The Proceeds of Crime Act, was brought in the past Belfast Departmental Magistrates’ Court in 2015. And on June 7, 2022, at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court he pleaded guilty to triggering unneeded suffering to animals.
Now the 39-year-old has actually been bied far a 2 month jail sentence which the court suspended for a year. He was likewise purchased to pay expenses and has actually been disqualified from transferring or setting up the transport of any animal for 3 years. More than £20,000 money discovered in the van at the time of his arrest was surrendered.
Phillips was captured when he dropped in Redditch to unload 14 puppies and 2 adult dogs from his van in Redditch 3 weeks prior to Christmas 2020 and the dogs being carried were primarily from Northern Ireland.
Investigators reported that a few of the dogs were not able to stand, sit or reverse and the floorings of all cages were covered in a thin layer of sawdust which gave off urine and faeces.
Police Community Support Officer Katie Hearnden Fellows said on the West Mercia Police area alert system: “All the animals were taken under the Animal Welfare Act, and West Mercia took civil action versus the owners of the dogs being carried.
“There were 2 civil lawsuit, which saw West Mercia effectively maintain all however 2 of the dogs took.
“The staying dogs were likewise rehomed through the Dogs Trust or with the help of foster carers within West Mercia Police, much of whom maintained the dogs as soon as lawsuit were concluded.”
Three other males jailed on suspicion of theft and later on launched on authorities bail, were not charged.
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