European Dogfighting Gang Jailed
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Four people have been handed prison sentences ranging from four-and-a-half months to six months for their part in one of Europe's biggest dogfighting gangs.
The syndicate had links to a gang in Northern Ireland, with paramilitary connections, who supplied illegal American pit bull dogs.
Members of the ring attended fights as far away as Finland.
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Claire Parker, 44, who was convicted earlier this month of holding dogfights at her home in Lincolnshire, was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.
Parker, a mother of three young children, was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
Three co-defendants were jailed for between 23 and the maximum 26 weeks for the animal cruelty offenses.
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