CONVICTED (2021) | illegal dog seller Lisa Walker, born c. 1979, of The Caravan Park, Sherdley Road, St Helens WA9 5DH
Lisa Walker, a traveller, was estimated to have made £55,000 in just a few months from selling puppies. The mother-of-five admitted carrying out an activity without a licence and also engaging in unfair commercial practice.
Walker sold French bulldogs and Cockapoos for up to £2,800 a puppy after advertising them online. But she didn’t have a licence despite the fact she gave the “false impression” she had a legitimate business.
Walker was prosecuted by Animal Protection Services, after the charity investigated the unlicensed sale of puppies in Wirral.
She was not prosecuted for animal cruelty.
Walker was accompanied to court by husband James ‘Jimboy’ Price, who was prosecuted for animal cruelty in 2019 after ‘accidentally’ dragging a French bulldog to her death behind a trailer.
Animal Protection Services also recently prosecuted Walker’s in-laws and fellow puppy dealers David Price, 33, and Amos Price, 72, for selling puppies without a licence. The pair were fined and given a two-year ban on trading in dogs.
Sentencing | 12-month community order, with a three-month home curfew from 9pm to 6am daily. Banned from dealing in dogs for a year (expired July 2022).
It makes you wonder where all these Dogs were being kept, considering they were living on a Caravan Site.