WELSH PUPPY FARMER JOHN GIBBON AVOIDS PRISON AFTER BREEDING DOGS WITHOUT A LICENSE
The Gibbons were found to have been breeding dogs without a licence and housing them in poor conditions.
Despite being advised to improve, conditions remained poor.
Nia Gibbon, who was issued a caution, and her father John Gibbon, who pleaded guilty, admitted to breeding dogs and selling them online via adverts.
John Gibbon was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay a £15,000 prosecution costs, and a confiscation order of £10,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, with three months to pay or face six months in prison.
He was also ordered to pay £15,000 in costs, payable at £250 per month over five years.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
her father John Gibbon, who pleaded guilty, admitted to breeding dogs and selling them online via adverts. John Gibbon was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay a 15,000 prosecution costs, and a confiscation order...
Fine or payment
three months
John Gibbon was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay a 15,000 prosecution costs, and a confiscation order of 10,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, with three months to pay or face six months in prison
Discharge or deferred sentence
three months
John Gibbon was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay a 15,000 prosecution costs, and a confiscation order of 10,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, with three months to pay or face six months in prison
Fine or payment
five years
He was also ordered to pay 15,000 in costs, payable at 250 per month over five years
