CONVICTED (2021) | illegal puppy farm dealer Joanne Marie Goddard, born c. 1988, of 112 Cumberland Road, Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent DE15 9JS
In a prosecution brought by charity Animal Protection Services, Goddard pleaded guilty to two charges under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2018.
Goddard admitted carrying on a business of selling puppies without the authority of a licence for that purpose issued under the Animal Welfare Act between June 15 and July 4, 2020.
She also admitted being a trader engaged in a commercial practice namely carrying on an unlicensed business selling animals as pets between the same dates.
Goddard claimed that she did not make any profit personally from selling the animals.
Sentencing: fined £400 and ordered to pay £5,890.32 court costs and a £40 victim surcharge. Two-year ban on dealing with dogs (expires July 2023).
Made my year this has, what a cruel scumbag. She’s a iar I know people that have bought dogs off of her for cash, she shouldn’t be allowed animals, she is one