A Scots puppy farm victim says two merciless brothers deserve each minute of the 9 month jail sentences they had been dealing with final night time.
Sophie Jones Gerrard, 28, was amongst a lot of Scots to endure large trauma after shopping for dogs from the Mongan brothers, who’d shipped over tiny pups who had been unwell and dying from Ireland. Tom and William Mongan used Airbnb lets to offer the looks of household houses however the pups they bought on-line got here from puppy farms, the place filthy circumstances led to killer ailments like Giardia and parvovirus.
The brothers instructed an incessant stream of lies as they focused Scots cities and sources consider they raked in tens of hundreds of kilos inside days. Their enterprise got here to an abrupt finish at Glasgow Sheriff Court, after they every obtained jail sentences and a ten 12 months ban on holding animals.
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After the sentence by Sheriff Mark McGuire, Sophie, from Kilwinning mentioned: “They deserve far longer however I’m glad the sheriff recognised the severity of the struggling these individuals have triggered. They made a variety of money but it surely’s apparent that a variety of defenceless dogs suffered and died to make them hundreds of kilos.
“Part of me is relieved because crimes against animals can sometimes get very lenient treatment. I hope they use their time in jail to consider all the harm they have caused. I also hope the sentence acts as a deterrent for others who have treated puppies like this.”
Sophie’s life was turned the other way up after she purchased dying pup Freya for £1500, in early 2021. Tiny Freya died inside days, inflicting large anguish and a £500 vet invoice as Sophie tried to save lots of her life. She fed the dying pup with a syringe for 10 days. She died in her arms at 3am.
Sophie mentioned Tom Mongan had been a liar, who’d launched himself as William to muddy the waters.
She instructed the Record: “When I queried the name change he said that William was his boyfriend. He had a smooth answer for everything, all lies. He also had a scanner that he used to verify Freya’s chip, which proved to be a fake.”
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Tom, 28, and William, 40, had triggered “unimaginable misery” earlier than SSPCA inspectors from the Scottish SPCA closed in on them.
Some of the 11 pets the pair had been accountable for had been later put down on account of unwell well being. Tom Mongan pled responsible at Glasgow Sheriff Court to a few prices of inflicting pointless struggling whereas William Mongan admitted two prices.
The prices span between December 2020 and February 2021. The Daily Record is conscious of way more individuals who suffered on the Mongans’ palms.
The brothers – who’re of the Irish traveller neighborhood – had been sentenced to 9 month every yesterday by Sheriff Mark McGuire.
He mentioned: “Each of you pled responsible to what may be described as animal cruelty on 11 separate dogs. What I heard is what the general public would know as puppy farming.
“It will need to have been apparent the dogs had been unwell and the circumstances they had been saved in had been poor – you took no steps to get assist for these animals. The motivation was for monetary achieve – every canine was priced at over £1,000.
“It was clearly greed and it brought unimaginable misery to those who unfortunately bought them. I am satisfied there is no other appropriate sentence than custody.”
The court docket heard that Tom has an an identical earlier conviction in Northern Ireland from October 2020 and was disqualified from proudly owning animals for 10 years.
Tom marketed a springer spaniel puppy on web site PetsForHomes which was answered by Thomas Young. Thomas paid Tom £1,600 in separate transactions to buy the puppy later named Bella – who needed to be put down on account of her unwell well being.
When Tom Mongan was instructed the puppy had died however he blocked distraught Thomas. Megan Peacock bought a Pomeranian puppy from Tom in related circumstances which they named Abbie.
Abbie was additionally euthanized with a submit mortem discovering that she suffered from parvovirus. SSPCA inspectors and police raided one of many addresses on January 28 2021 and located Tom, William Mongan and eight puppies inside.
A vet said that each one the puppies had been in poor situation and may have obtained veterinary care. One of the dogs had been put down.
Lawyers for each males mentioned they regretted their actions.
Sheriff McGuire banned the 2 males, of Belfast, from holding animals for 10 years.
