A ROGUE dog breeder who illegally imported cropped and docked Doberman puppies into the UK has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for risking the rabies free status of the country.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard how 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 was sentenced to 28 months in prison
Harman had pleaded guilty on March 23, 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.
Harman was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
Harman operated an online business called UK Dobermans that specialised in importing cropped and docked…
